Man killed in bear attack

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Last Updated : Oct 25 2017 | 12:46 PM IST
A 55-year-old man was attacked and mauled to death by a bear in the jungle near the Mizoram-Myanmar border at Kawlbem village in Champhai district on Monday, police said.

A police report said Thangchhuana, a Grade IV employee at the Government High School in Kawlbem village, was attacked by the bear which ran away after he shot at it with a gun. The bear also died of bullet injury.

Hearing the gunshot, Thangchhuana's friend came to his rescue and found him lying on the ground with serious injuries.

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Thangchhuana succumbed to his injuries while he was being taken to his village.

When the villagers went back to look for his gun, they found the bear lying dead a few metres away.

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First Published: Oct 25 2017 | 12:28 PM IST

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