Shark attack at Paradise Beach, Victoria, Australia

Shark attack details: Paradise Beach, Victoria, 28-Dec-2014
Date of attack: December 28th 2014
Location: Paradise Beach, Victoria
Shark species: 1.5 m shark
Name of victim: male
Age of victim: 40s years old
Sex of victim: M
Activity: Fishing
Injury: Laceration to calf when he fell on shark he had caught PROVOKED INCIDENT

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