HOKKAIDO, Jul 14 (News On Japan) –
A 52-year-old newspaper deliveryman was killed within the early hours of July twelfth after being attacked by a bear in a residential space of Fukushima Town, Hokkaido.
According to a witness, “He was first bitten over there and dragged away, then pulled into the thicket. He was screaming and being dragged by the arm.”
The sufferer, recognized as deliveryman Kenki Sato, was attacked whereas working his newspaper route round daybreak. He was dragged into close by brush by the bear, the place he was later discovered unresponsive. He had sustained a number of lacerations and chunk wounds, significantly to his stomach, and was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
His employer mentioned, “He was a dedicated and dependable worker who never missed a day. He was an important part of our delivery team.”
A bear had additionally been noticed wandering a residential neighborhood in the identical city on July tenth, however authorities have but to verify whether or not it was the identical animal.
The bear believed to have attacked Sato is estimated to be about 1.5 meters in size and is assumed to nonetheless be hiding close by. Local authorities plan to seize and euthanize the bear as soon as it’s situated.
Source: FNN