24日午前11時ごろ、秋田県東成瀬村で4人が熊に襲われたようだと警察に連絡がありました。
Around 11 a.m. on the 24th, the police received a report that four people had apparently been attacked by a bear in Higashinaruse Village, Akita Prefecture.
警察によると、村の役場の近くで男性3人と女性1人が倒れていました。
According to the police, three men and one woman were found collapsed near the village office.
男性1人が、亡くなりました。
3人は、けがをしました。
Three people were injured.
東成瀬村によると、最初に2人が熊に襲われて、助けようとした2人も襲われたようです。
According to Higashinaruse Village, it seems that two people were first attacked by a bear, and the other two who tried to help were also attacked.
4人が襲われた場所の近くでは、午後1時ごろ、ハンターが熊1頭を銃で撃ちました。
Around 1 p.m., a hunter shot a bear with a gun near the place where four people were attacked.
熊の大きさは1m20cmぐらいでした。
The bear was about 1 meter and 20 centimeters tall.
警察は、この熊が4人を襲ったと考えて調べています。
The police are investigating under the assumption that this bear attacked four people.