Shark Attacks: The Database
GSAF Case # | 1945.07.00 |
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Date | 01 Jul 1945 |
Country | Indonesia |
Area | Northern Java |
Location | Off Cheribon |
Activity | 90 European civilians, many women & children, were placed on the deck of a Japanese submarine that submerged when it was well offshore |
Name | Swimming |
Sex | Unknown |
Age | |
Injury | Sharks attacked the swimmers. The sole survivor lost his arm & foot & died of his injuries shortly after being picked up by Javanese fishermen. The incident became known as the Cheribon Atrocity |
Time | Dusk |
Species | |
Investigator or Source | G. Duncan |
Fatal? | Not fatal |
Unprovoked? | Unprovoked |