Date19-Feb-1960
TypeUnprovoked
CountryPAPUA NEW GUINEA
LocationTupuselei Village, about 40 miles east of Port Moresby
ActivitySpearfishing
SpeciesTiger shark, 3.4 m [11'] captured
InjuryFATAL, legs bitten
VictimDoas Hehuni, Male, 26 years old
SourceA.M. Rapson, p.150; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.254
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