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Two persons were seriously injured after a bear attacked them at Watelab in Raithan forest range of Khansahab in central Kashmir's Budgam district yesterday evening, police said.

Locals said they had gone to bring their cattle back from the woods when the attack took place.

The duo, identified as Farooq Ahmad Lone s/o Ghulam Nabi Lone and Shakeel Ahmad Teqkhri s/o Mohmmad Shafi are both residents of Katchwari.

Nomads rescued them after they raised an alarm.

Tehsildar Khansahab Ali Mohmmad Malik said that one of the injured Farooq Ahmad was shifted to SKIMS Soura for specialised treatment.

This is second such attack during last fourteen days in the area in what wildlife officials termed an increasing man-animal conflict.

On 25 July, a minor Muskaan Jan of Frestwar was mauled by a leopard.