In Russia, at least 26 people have become victims of bear attacks since spring

At least 26 residents of Russian regions have been victims of attacks by brown bears since the spring.

The twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth cases of human death from the paws of a bear occurred in the Irkutsk region.

On Saturday, the body of a 56-year-old man who died as a result of a bear attack was found near the winter hut near the Tareya River.

MOSCOW, October 12 – RIA Novosti. At least 26 residents of Russian regions have become victims of attacks by brown bears since the spring, according to data available to RIA Novosti.

Previously, 24 deaths were reported. Two deaths were recorded in Buryatia, three in Kamchatka, and one more each in the Khabarovsk Territory, the Vologda Region and Tuva. Seven people died in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, five people in the Irkutsk Region, three people in the Tomsk Region, and one person in the Altai Republic.