A woman and a boy were fatally attacked by a polar bear in Alaska on Tuesday, authorities say.
A woman and a boy were fatally attacked by a polar bear in Alaska on Tuesday, authorities said.
The bear went on a rampage in the small community of Wales, and a resident fatally shot the polar bear as it attacked the woman and the boy, the state Public Safety Department said in a dispatch. The identities of the two couldn't be publicly released because authorities were still notifying their families, the department said. Their ages were also unavailable."Initial reports indicate that a polar bear had entered the community and had chased multiple residents," the dispatch reads.
An investigation was under way but could take time. Troopers and state Department of Fish and Game officials will travel there when weather conditions allow it, according to the dispatch.Fatal polar bear attacks have been rare in Alaska’s recent history. In 1990, a polar bear killed a man farther north of Wales in the village of Point Lay.
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