The press service of the Ministry of Forestry of Primorsky Krai informed about the attack of a wild bear on a watchman near Dalnegorsk.
According to RIA Novosti, the authorities organized the shooting of the predator that killed a man the other day. Before that, posts about the disappearance of a watchman in the Dalnegorsk area began to spread in local social networks and blogs. It was assumed that the man was attacked by a bear.
A representative of the Ministry of Forestry of Primorsky Krai confirmed the rumors and said that the tragic assumptions were justified. The man died from the paws of the taiga predator. To prevent repeated attacks, the authorities organized shooting of the bear. Hunters identified and eliminated the wild animal. There is no danger to people in this area of the region, said the official.
Earlier, the Sverdlovsk Region Department of Internal Affairs reported a fatal accident on the 47th km of the highway Nizhny Tagil - Nizhnyaya Salda.