Shark Attack Incident

Fisherman's Island, near Port Moresby, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

July 31, 1956

Non-fatal

DateAug-1956

TypeUnprovoked

CountryPAPUA NEW GUINEA

LocationFisherman's Island, near Port Moresby

ActivityFishing

Species2.3 m [7'] shark

InjuryLeg & foot lacerated

Victimnative boy, Male

SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.49-51; A. M. Rapson, p. 149

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