Shark attack at Ashar Canal, where people wash clothes & kitchen pans, Basrah City, Iraq

Shark attack details: Ashar Canal, where people wash clothes & kitchen pans, Basrah City, 15-May-1938
Date of attack: May 15th 1938
Location: Ashar Canal, where people wash clothes & kitchen pans, Basrah City
Shark species: Bull shark
Name of victim: male
Age of victim: 9 or 10 years old
Sex of victim: M
Activity: Swimming, naked
Injury: Arm severed, but survived. Note: Some weeks later he was swimming at the same spot when a shark severed his right foot.

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