- The bear dragged a young tourist in the forest in Japan.
- The tourist remains missing the day after the attack.
- The police found bloody clothes and personal items of the victim.
Bear brown dragged a young tourist to the forest in the north of Japanthe media and the police announced on Friday. The victim of the attack is also missing the day after the incident. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this. Police spokesman said the incident occurred on Thursday morning to Raus Stratovulcane on the island of Hokkaido. A tourist around the age of 20 According to Yomiuri, the bear took off to a nearby forest, with The young man was bleeding her legs.
Japanese public television NHK reported that the police had been alerted by a tourist friend. The police found the victim’s wallet near the attack site. At nearby trees they also found a bloody shirtthat probably belonged to this young man, and traces of blood on earth. According to Kyodó, the police discovered a watch, a hat and another object, which was probably a lacrimal gas container.
According to the latest estimates published this month, the number of brown bears on Hokkaid in 2023 fell year -on -year for the first time since 1991, informs AFP. At the end of 2023, there were approximately 11,600 bears on this Japanese island, with 500 more a year before. The decline in the number of bears justified the local government by their unprecedented hunting. From March 2023 to March 2024, they caught a record 1,804 brown bears.
