Bears attack and injure 17 people in Bihar

Bears attacked and injured 17 villagers in Bihar's Nawada district today, police source said.   

Six bears emerged from the forest in Kauakol areas and attacked the villagers in fields on the outskirts of their villages at Karma, Nawadih, Najali Bigha and Kauakol, the sources said.
   
The injured villagers were being treated at Kauakol and Nawada hospitals where the condition of four was said to be critical.
   
Senior forest officials from the district headquarters rushed to the area to trap the bears.