Polar Bear Kills Woman, Boy in Remote Alaska Village

Polar Bear Kills Woman, Boy in Remote Alaska Village
A polar bear dries off after taking a swim in the Chukchi Sea in Alaska on June 15, 2014. Brian Battaile/U.S. Geological Survey via AP
The Associated Press
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WALES, Alaska—A polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote village in western Alaska, according to state troopers.

Alaska State Troopers said they received the report of the attack at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Wales, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, KTUU reported.