Date of attack: | May 15th 1938 |
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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. |