The key facts

  • In the settlement of Urengoy in Yamal, a bear mauled a 44-year-old man to death
  • The predator was put down, and the Investigative Committee is conducting a pre-investigation check
  • Regional authorities warn of high bear activity

Attack in the settlement of Urengoy

In the settlement of Urengoy in Yamal, a bear attacked a 44-year-old local resident, and the man died. This was reported by Gazeta.Ru citing the regional Investigative Committee of Russia. The predator was found and put down. The regional Investigative Committee is conducting a pre-investigation check into the man's death, and the circumstances of the incident are being established.

Warning to residents of the region

Specialists remind that high bear activity persists in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Residents are asked to refrain from trips into the forest and, if predators are spotted, to report them to emergency services.

Other bear incidents

Gazeta.Ru also cites reports of other cases in recent days. In the Novosibirsk region, two bears made their way to the home of an 80-year-old female pensioner: the woman first took the noise near her front garden for a stray calf, but then saw the predators. Hunters were dispatched to the scene, the animals are being searched for, and the elderly woman was unharmed. Earlier, in the Tomsk region, local residents put down a bear that had mauled a hunter.