Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Fishing Attack

2014 Off Motril, Granada, SPAIN

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2014

⏰ 07h00

📍 Location

Off Motril, Granada, SPAIN

🌍 SPAIN

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Glancing bite to wrist from netted shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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