List of all shark attacks in hong-kong
Fatal Attacks
17
Unprovoked Attacks
23
Total Attacks
24
There have been a total of 24 shark attacks in HONG KONG. Out of those, 17 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 70.83%. 23 attacks came out of the blue while 1 have been provoked by humans.
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Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-08-1979 | FATAL | YES | 16yo male | ||||
| 16-09-1976 | 3,909-ton Panamanian freighter Chieh Lee sank in a typhoon | FATAL, right leg bitten | YES | ||||
| 03-08-1975 | Freedom swimming | Leg bitten, surgically amputated | NO | 24yo male | |||
| 22-08-1974 | Freedom Swimming | Survived | NO | 22yo male | |||
| 15-08-1974 | Freedom swimming | Left foot bitten | NO | 18yo Yee Wing Ping (male) | |||
| 15-08-1974 | Freedom swimming | FATAL | YES | male | |||
| 15-08-1974 | Freedom swimming | Arm broken & severely lacerated | NO | 19yo Ho-Sin-Ming (male) | |||
| 09-09-1973 | Freedom Swimming | FATAL | YES | 20yo Tsang Kai-shing | |||
| 12-06-1973 | Freedom Swimming | One man was killed by a shark, the other was injured | NO | 2 youths | |||
| 24-11-1971 | Just before dawn | Freedom Swimming | Left leg severely bitten, surgically amputated | NO | 20yo Chan Sze-king |
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