Shark Incidents

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Fatal Attack

1984 Umlaas Canal, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1984

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Umlaas Canal, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 14

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Remains recovered 1-4-1984 showed evidence of defense wounds

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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