Shark Incidents

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Fatal Fishing Attack

2025 January 3 Vilankulo Bay, Inhambane Province, Mozambique

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2025 January 3

⏰ 1330hrs

📍 Location

Vilankulo Bay, Inhambane Province, Mozambique

🌍 Mozambique

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 36

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Legs, buttocks and stomach

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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