Date20-Oct-1956
TypeUnprovoked
CountryPAPUA NEW GUINEA
LocationKapakapa
ActivitySpearfishing, holding 5' speared fish
Species3.7 m [12'] shark
InjuryLeft forearm & hand bitten, surgically amputated
VictimBogana Sabati, Male
SourceSouth Pacific Post, 1/024/1956; A.M. Rapson, p. 149
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