According to media reports, a grizzly bear attacked an elementary school class in the Canadian west coast province of British Columbia. There were several seriously injured people, two of them in critical condition, the Canadian Press reported, citing rescue workers in the community of Bella Coola, around 700 kilometers northwest of Vancouver.
The region’s nature conservation authority confirmed a grizzly attack yesterday afternoon (local time) and called on residents of the area to stay away from the forest and river area within a radius of several kilometers. According to rescue workers, the incident occurred on a hiking trail near a highway.
Her 10-year-old son was walking with classmates and teachers when the bear attacked the group, a mother told the Canadian Press. The animal came so close to him that he felt the fur. “He ran for his life,” said the mother.
The bear chased her child but then attacked someone else. The entire school is in shock after the incident.
