Date23-Feb-1962
TypeUnprovoked
CountryPAPUA NEW GUINEA
LocationFisherman’s Island near Port Moresby
ActivitySwimming along a row of nets
Species1.2 m [4'] shark
InjuryTorso lacerated
VictimHitola Hekure, Male
SourceSouth Pacific Post, 2/27/1962; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.248
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