Polar bear kills Amsterdam man, 38, in Norway

A 38-year-old Dutch man was killed by a polar bear near Longyearbyen in Norway on Thursday night. Johan Jacobus Koote, reportedly from Amsterdam, was asleep in his tent when he was attacked by the bear, a government spokesperson told Norwegian newspaper Svalbardposten. Another government source told the newspaper that the bear dragged the man out of his tent, and that several gunshots were fired at the bear, killing it. Koote was still alive when emergency services personnel arrived, but he died soon after despite attempts to revive him.Submitted by Zack Newmark on Friday, 28 August 2020 - 20:24 https://nltimes.nl/2020/08/28/polar-bear-kills-amsterdam-man-38-norway