Shark Attack Incident

Orava (Aravo) Islet , near Kieta., PAPUA NEW GUINEA

January 1, 1949

Fatal

Date1949

TypeUnprovoked

CountryPAPUA NEW GUINEA

LocationOrava (Aravo) Islet , near Kieta.

ActivitySpearfishing

InjuryFATAL, "Nearly bitten in two through loin".

Victimmale, Male, 18 years old

SourceA. Bleakley; A. M. Rapson, p.148

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