Animal attack
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Event title
Slovakia - A brown bear attacked a man on Saturday near the village of Fackov
Source
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Unspecified
Event date (UTC)
2025-02-02 14:11:31
Last update (UTC)
2025-02-02 14:11:31
Area range
Local event
Address/Affected area(s)
Fačkov, Okres Žilina, Žilinský kraj
A brown bear attacked a man on Saturday near the village of Fackov (Zilina region), Danka Capakova of the the Emergency Medical Service Operation Centre (OSZZS) informed TASR on the same day.
"We can confirm that, based on a call to the emergency line 155, we sent an ambulance to the forest in Fackov this afternoon to a person who was attacked by a bear," said Capakova.
Zilina regional police spokesperson Daniela Kockova confirmed that the bear attack took place in difficult-to-access forest terrain. "A police patrol was immediately sent to the scene and the brown bear response team was notified as well. After the initial treatment, the 38-years-old man was transported by helicopter to a Zilina hospital," said Kockova.