In Alaska, a polar bear killed a woman and a child and pursued other residents of the town

A polar bear that was chasing residents of a small Alaska town killed a woman and a boy on January 17 before being shot to death, reports USAToday.

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According to the Alaska Department of Public Safety, the attack took place in Wales, a small community on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula in Alaska.

“Initial reports indicate that a polar bear entered the community and was harassing several residents,” the state Department of Public Safety said in a statement. — The bear attacked a woman and a boy. The animal was shot by a local resident during the attack.”

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The attack was reported to Alaska State Troopers at 14:30 p.m. local time, according to the dispatcher.

The names and ages of the woman and boy have not been released. As of noon on January 17, the State Department of Public Security stated that "notifications to next of kin are still ongoing."

On the afternoon of 17 January, the State Troopers and the State Department of Fish and Wildlife planned to depart for Wales as soon as the weather allowed.

Wales is a small city of less than 200 people, just over 160 miles northwest of Nome.

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"One of the oldest communities in the Bering Strait region," according to Kawerak Inc., a non-profit breeding consortium based in Nome, Wales. The Inupiaq name for Wales is "Kingigin" after the mountain that rises above it, as Kawerak notes.

In recent Alaskan history, fatal polar bear attacks have been rare. A polar bear killed a man in the village of Point Lay, further north of Wales, in 1990. Biologists later said the animal showed signs of hunger, Anchorage Daily News reports.

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A 2017 study argued that polar bear attacks are very rare worldwide. The scientists attributed the "increased concern about the safety of both humans and bears" to more bears with "food stress" spending more time on land near humans due to the loss of their habitat on sea ice. Alaska scientists from the US Geological Survey also pointed to a significant reduction in sea ice on which polar bears depend.

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