Date30-Jan-1960
TypeUnprovoked
CountryPAPUA NEW GUINEA
LocationOff Taludig Village, at mouth of the Murnass River
Species3.5 m [11'6"] shark captured
InjuryLower left leg bitten, surgically amputated
VictimUpad, a boy, Male
SourceA.M. Rapson, p.150; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.248
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