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The statement said that the man, who is a worker on the island, "Tore from his store" While sleeping, a sign of the strength of the attack, where "The bear dragged him and pushed him to death." And that’s around four in the morning.
The dead animal was later found dead, as locals shot it in the wake of the attack, according to a newspaper report. "Sun" British.
Bloodstains were seen near the camp, while 6 other people slept but were not injured, according to local reports.
And in Svalbard, aka "Spitsburg"Residents are advised to carry a weapon when outside urban areas for fear of stray animal attacks.
According to a 2015 census, the archipelago that includes the island has been home to about 1,000 polar bears of protected species since 1973.
So far, there have been 5 fatal attacks against island residents since 1971, the last of which was in 2011 when a British student was killed and 4 were injured by a bear attack on a group of 14 people, who they were camping as part of a school trip.
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The 38-year-old Dutchman, Johan Jacobs Coty, lay in his tent in a camping area near a town on the island of Svalbard, about 1,300 kilometers from the North Pole.
But in the early hours of Friday, a polar bear attacked him severely, seriously injuring him and he died shortly after, according to the local governor’s office.
The statement says that the man, who was a worker on the island, was “snatched from his tent” while he slept, indicating the force of the attack, as the bear “dragged him and pushed him to death”, around the four o’clock.
After that, the dead animal was found dead, as locals shot it after the attack, according to a report in the British newspaper “Sun”.
Bloodstains were seen near the camp, while 6 other people slept but were not injured, according to local reports.
In Svalbard, also known as “Spitsburg”, residents are advised to carry a gun when outside urban areas for fear of stray animal attacks.
According to a 2015 census, the archipelago that includes the island has been home to about 1,000 polar bears of protected species since 1973.
So far, there have been 5 fatal attacks against island residents since 1971, the last of which was in 2011 when a British student was killed and 4 were injured by a bear attack on a group of 14 people, who they were camping as part of a school trip.
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