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Hunters shoot bear suspected of attacking moose hunters

Oct 15, 2007, 12:21 GMT

Stockholm - A bear that was suspected of attacking two Swedish moose hunters over the weekend in northern Sweden was shot Monday, news reports said. The bear was likely collecting berries in preparation for its winter hibernation, but 'due to the few berries the bears have been very active,' bear expert Lars Svanberg told Swedish radio. The incident Sunday occurred in the province of Harjedalen, some 440 kilometres north of the Swedish capital, Stockholm. The two hunters did not sustain life-threatening injuries in the attack. A week ago, a 61-year-old hunter was found dead near the Swedish- Norwegian border in a separate attack. The bear suspected of the fatal attack was killed the following day and DNA samples were taken to establish if it was the same animal that killed the hunter and his dog. Fatal bear attacks are not common in Sweden, although a 40-year- old hunter was killed by a bear in October 2004, the first such case since 1902. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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