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© Andrew KellyBrown Bear, Slovakia
A bear attacked a man, aged 45, and wounded his head on a street of the Slovak mountain resort Tatranská Lomnica, east Slovakia, last night, the country's daily Čas writes today.

The rescuers drove the wounded man to the hospital in Poprad. He was treated there and then released to recuperate at home, the hospital spokeswoman said.

Experts estimate the number of bears in Slovakia at between 700 and 900. They mostly live in the mountains of central and eastern Slovakia.

This past May, a bear attacked a man in the same region, in the town of Ždiar, a few kilometers to the north. The man, 42, suffered multiple injuries and also had to be taken to the Poprad hospital.

Source: Czech News Agency