Shark Attack Incident

Kieta, SOLOMON ISLANDS

April 6, 1957

Non-fatal

Date07-Apr-1957

TypeUnprovoked

CountrySOLOMON ISLANDS

LocationKieta

ActivityDiving from canoe

InjuryLeg severed

VictimMatthew Sonieva, Male, 15 years old

SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 248 & 266; A.M. Rapson, p.149

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