WALES, Alaska — A polar bear has attacked and killed two folks in a distant village in western Alaska, in accordance with state troopers.
Alaska State Troopers stated they acquired the report of the assault at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Wales, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, KTUU reported.
“Preliminary stories point out {that a} polar bear had entered the neighborhood and had chased a number of residents,” troopers wrote. “The bear fatally attacked an grownup feminine and juvenile male.”
The bear was shot and killed by a neighborhood resident because it attacked the pair, troopers stated.
The names of the 2 folks killed weren’t launched. Troopers stated they had been working to inform members of the family.
Troopers and the state Division of Fish and Recreation are planning to journey to Wales as soon as climate permits for it, the dispatch stated.
