Fatal Attacks
2
Unprovoked Attacks
8
Total Attacks
8
There have been a total of 8 shark attacks in Viti Levu Island. Out of those, 2 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 25.00%. 8 attacks came out of the blue while 0 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
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Suva Harbor | Diving for coins thrown from ship S.S. Moeraki | FATAL, hand severed, both legs & arms bitten & nearly severed | YES | male | |||
Suva Harbor, Suva | Diving for coins tossed from passenger ship | Both arms bitten, surgically amputated | NO | Fijian boy | |||
Navua | 25-09-1932 | Catching a turtle | Left arm severely bitten | NO | male | ||
Tamavua River | 27-07-1931 | small sharks | Swimming | Multiple injuries | NO | Narnak | |
Rewa River | 14-11-1921 | Swimming | FATAL | YES | |||
Na Koro Vatu, Rewa River | 10-03-1877 | Thigh severely bitten, femur exposed | NO | 15yo boy | |||
Rewa | 17-09-1840 | Arms & legs severed | NO | male | |||
Rewa | 31-12-1838 | Survived | NO | 29yo Joeli Bulu, missionary |
Be honest, when was the last time you watched a decent shark movie?