Date24-Dec-1960
TypeUnprovoked
CountrySOUTH AFRICA
LocationMargate
ActivitySwimming
SpeciesWhite shark, 3 m [10'], tooth fragment from wounds identified as that of a white shark
InjuryFATAL, legs severed
VictimSerame "Petrus" Sithole, Male, 25 years old
Time16h30
SourceD. Davies & J. D'Aubrey; D. Davies, pp. 108-109; T. Wallett; M. Levine, GSAF
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