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Anchorage, Alaska: Authorities in Alaska’s largest city said they believe the same brown bear killed a hiker who had gone missing and attacked a volunteer who was looking for him on Wednesday.
The hiker, Michael Soltis, had been missing for two days before being found dead close to where the unidentified searcher was mauled. The volunteer had serious leg injuries but was expected to survive, police said.
Anchorage police keeps bystanders away from a bear mauling site near Eagle River, Alaska on Wednesday.
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The animal was not immediately found, and authorities asked people to stay away from a wooded area outside Anchorage.
“We believe the bear that attacked the volunteer was the one that attacked and killed the missing man,” police spokesman MJ Thim said.
Officers searching for the bear after Wednesday’s attack found Soltis’ body near the end of a rural, paved mountainous road dotted with well-appointed homes. The site was a couple hundred metres off the road, located in mountainous terrain networked with hiking trails, Thim said.
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