At 06, a hunter, a 55-year-old man, must have been attacked by a bear. According to police, the bear was euthanized and was dead at the scene when they arrived. The bear has been seized by the police.
The man should have been taken to Falu laser with injuries to the head and arms.
- But he has managed reasonably well, it could have been worse, says Mats Öhman, press spokesman for the police in the Bergslagen region.
According to Öhman, the man is suspected of hunting crime and the investigation is led by prosecutors. Incidentally, he is the representative of the event.
Bear female with young shot
In the second case, it is a bear female with a youngster who should have been shot. The police received the case from the county administrative board at 11.42.
According to Mats Öhman at the police, it should be a mistake.
- Yes, it is not that someone has shot at them sneakily, it was a mistake. But there is a curse on a suspected hunting crime to be investigated.
Both the female and the child should have been shot and killed, according to police. The hunter who shot must have called in and reported the incident himself, says Marie Edvall, who is a predator at the county administrative board.
- But in the County Administrative Board's decision regarding bear hunting, it is under the conditions that one must not trap a female that is accompanied by a youngster or a youngster that is accompanied by a female. It is a violation of the conditions, she says.
Both incidents are being investigated as suspected hunting crimes and preliminary investigations are ongoing, according to police.