Date25-Aug-1956
TypeUnprovoked
CountryPAPUA NEW GUINEA
LocationPaga Point or Fishermans Island, Port Moresby
ActivityFishing
Species4.3 m [14'] shark
InjuryFATAL, tissue removed from abdomen & thigh
VictimKara Benagi, from Hula, Male, 34 years old
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.49-51 & 264; A.M. Rapson, p. 149
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