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An elderly man who was injured in a bear attack at Hokhletri village of central Kashmir's Budgam district late Tuesday evening succumbed at SK Institute of Medical Sciences Soura late last night.

Abdul Gaffar Bhat, 65, had suffered injuries in his neck, head and lower abdomen after a bear attacked him.

"Bhat was rushed to District Hospital Budgam where from he was removed to Soura where he breathed his last around 10 pm last night," said a local Nawaz Alam.

Pertinently, another person Nazir Ahmad Wani of Pethkoot village of Beerwah was also injured in a bear attack on Tuesday. He is being treated at SDH Beerwah.

The residents made a plea to the wildlife department to tranquilize the wild animals roaming in Najan, Pethkoot, Dasan, Ramhama, Hokhletri and Chanapora villages.