Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1984 Cape Point, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1984

⏰ 11h00

📍 Location

Cape Point, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 21

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, but shark involvement prior to death could not be determined

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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