Non-fatal Fishing Attack

2019 Nightcliff Jetty, Darwin, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2019

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Nightcliff Jetty, Darwin, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 45

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Hooked shark bit his leg. PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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