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Port Shepstone, SOUTH AFRICA — 01-Feb-1959

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Shark Attack Incident

Port Shepstone, SOUTH AFRICA

January 31, 1959

Non-fatal

Date01-Feb-1959

TypeUnprovoked

CountrySOUTH AFRICA

LocationPort Shepstone

ActivityTreading water

Species1.8 to 2.1 m [6' to 7'] shark

InjuryLeg severed below knee

VictimRaymond Vermaak, Male, 14 years old

Time14h45

SourceR. Vermaak, M. Levine, GSAF

-30.7428°, 30.4506°via nominatim

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