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Bear kills man picking mushrooms in northern Slovakia

By Reuters
October 07, 2024
A grizzly bear roams through the Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. — Reuters/file
A grizzly bear roams through the Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. — Reuters/file 

BRATISLAVA: A 55-year-old man has died after a bear attack in a forest in northern Slovakia, emergency services said on Sunday.

The incident happened in an isolated area near Hybe, a town near the High Tatra mountains, as the victim was picking mushrooms with another person, police said.

“Unfortunately (the) man succumbed to injuries despite the efforts of rescuers,” emergency services said on Facebook.