A 55-year-old man has died after a bear attack in a forest in northern Slovakia, emergency services said on Saturday.
The incident happened in an isolated area near Hybe, a town near the High Tatra mountains, as the victim was picking mushrooms with another person, police said.
“Unfortunately [the] man succumbed to injuries despite the efforts of rescuers,” emergency services said on Facebook.
The last death as a result of a bear attack in Slovakia occurred in 2021, local media reported.
By Jason Hovet