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A brown bear attacked a hunter in Russia’s Tomsk region.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports that Russian media published the information.
The death toll from bear attacks in various regions of the country since spring has now reached 31, reports said.
The remains of the hunter were found in a taiga forest area of Tomsk region.
Earlier reports said bear attacks in various parts of Russia had killed 30 people.
According to the information, two deaths were recorded in Buryatia, three in Kamchatka, four in Tomsk region, and one each in Arkhangelsk region, Khabarovsk Krai, Vologda region, Tuva and the Altai Republic.
The highest number of deaths occurred in Irkutsk region and Krasnoyarsk Krai. Seven people were killed in bear attacks in Irkutsk region and nine in Krasnoyarsk Krai.
