Fatal Attacks
3
Unprovoked Attacks
5
Total Attacks
9
There have been a total of 9 shark attacks in CHINA. Out of those, 3 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 33.33%. 5 attacks came out of the blue while 4 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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Laohutan Ocean Park Aquarium, Dalian City | 04-04-2019 | Sand tiger shark | Diving in shark tank | Lacerations to face, chin and scalp | NO | Nana | |
Shopping mall aquarium in Guiyang City | 23-07-2018 | Afternoon | Putting hand in shark tank | Lacerations to fingers PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 6yo Xiao Li | |
27-07-2016 | Swimming | Lacerations to leg | NO | 72yo Justus Franz | |||
Ocean World, Changfeng Park | 16-07-2005 | 3.5 m [11.5']shark | Scuba diving in aquarium tank | 2 small cuts on right ear & head when he collided with the captive shark. PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 24yo Zhang Liang | |
Between Tientsin & Hong Kong | A 75-ton Japanese fishing ship was sunk by Chinese Nationalist gunboat, shipwrecked men were clinging to debris | FATAL, at time of sinking several men were thrown in water & killed by sharks, survivors were rescued 3 days later by the Panamanian ship Christobel | YES | Japanese fishermen | |||
Outer harbor, Hong Kong | Swimming alongside warship Tsingt-ao | FATAL, leg severed | YES | Ulrick Baker or William M. Baker, a sailor from H.M.S. Folkestone | |||
Sharp Peak, Sai Kung Peninsula, New Territories | 15-10-1907 | Shark involvement probable | Fishing | 2 of the 5 fishermen were so seriously injured they died of their wounds | YES | fishermen | |
Sharp Peak, Sai Kung Peninsula, New Territories | 15-10-1907 | Shark involvement probable | Fishing | 3 of thel 5 were injured, one of whom lost both hands | NO | fishermen | |
Macao Harbor | 08-04-1864 | Swimming | No injury | NO | males |
Be honest, when was the last time you watched a decent shark movie?