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Soetwater, SOUTH AFRICA — 01-Jan-2006

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Shark Attack Incident

Soetwater, SOUTH AFRICA

December 31, 2005

Non-fatal

Date01-Jan-2006

TypeUnprovoked

CountrySOUTH AFRICA

LocationSoetwater

ActivityDiving for crayfish

SpeciesSaid to involve a 1.5 m shark

InjuryLacerations to little finger

VictimJohn Williams, Male, 49 years old

SourceJ.P. Botha, GSAF

-34.1605°, 18.3293°via nominatim

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