Date15-May-1938
TypeUnprovoked
CountryIRAQ
LocationAshar Canal, where people wash clothes & kitchen pans
ActivitySwimming, naked
SpeciesBull shark
InjuryArm severed, but survived. Note: Some weeks later he was swimming at the same spot when a shark severed his right foot.
Victimmale, Male, 9 years old
TimeAfternoon
SourceB.W. Coad & L.A.J. Al-Hassan
Shark Data Lab