Date24-Mar-1962
TypeUnprovoked
CountryPAPUA NEW GUINEA
LocationMatukar village
ActivitySwimming
SpeciesPossibly a bronze whaler shark
InjuryFATAL, calf bitten, other leg severed below knee
VictimKes, a native boy, Male, 10 years old
TimeLate afternoon
SourceSouth Pacific Post (Port Moresby) 3/4/1962; L. Malcolmson, Fisheries Officer
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