Non-fatal Diving Attack

2006 Soetwater, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2006

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Soetwater, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 49

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lacerations to little finger

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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