Jammu & Kashmir

Man injured in bear attack in Ganderbal; hospitalised

Himalayan Bear. [Wikimedia Commons]

Ganderbal: A 50-year-old man was injured in a bear attack at Lar area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday afternoon.

An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observe that a man identified as Waseem Ahmad, son of Majeed Maima of Bihar, was attacked by a black bear in the nearby feilds at Lar, leaving him in a pool of blood.

In the attack, Waseem suffered injuries and was taken to District Hospital Ganderbal where from doctors referred him to SKIMS Soura for advanced treatment. (KNO)

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