Fatal Attacks
15
Unprovoked Attacks
17
Total Attacks
23
There have been a total of 23 shark attacks in INDONESIA. Out of those, 15 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 65.22%. 17 attacks came out of the blue while 6 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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Off Acheen Head | 16h00 | Reaching for life preserver | FATAL | YES | male, from the ship Speedwell | ||
Surabaya | Captured Allied soldiers were squeezed into 3' bamboo pig baskets & fed to waiting sharks | General Imamura, Commander in Chief of Japanese forces in Java was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Australian Military Court for his role in the "Pig Basket Atrocities" | YES | 200 soldiers | |||
Jakarta Harbor | native boats sunk in storm | FATAL | YES | ||||
Near Belawan | 24-01-1966 | wreck of the State Oil Company ship Permina | Sharks said to have killed some of the 80 people lost | YES | |||
Waewerang | 31-05-1962 | FATAL | YES | 9 fishermen & pregnant woman | |||
Natuna Islands, between Sumatra & Kalimantan in the South China Sea | 31-12-1957 | Swimming near anchored ship | FATAL, leg severed | YES | a ship's engineer | ||
On rock near Yacht Club | 31-12-1949 | 1500 | Tiger shark, 3.7 m to 4.3 m [12' to 14'] | Bending over | FATAL | YES | 7 or 8yo child |
Lorok Bay | 26-09-1906 | Swimming | Thumb & index finger of left hand severed | NO | William Munich | ||
Lorok Bay | 26-09-1906 | Swimming | FATAL | YES | a Swedish sailor | ||
Aru Islands | 26-04-1906 | Hard hat diving | FATAL | YES |
Be honest, when was the last time you watched a decent shark movie?