Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

2021 Karratha, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2021

⏰ 15h40

📍 Location

Karratha, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Laceration to foot

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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