Human body parts found in bear’s stomach in Japan’s Yamagata confirmed as 78-year-old man


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TOKYO: Human body parts were found in the stomach of a bear killed by hunters in a forest in Sakata, Yamagata prefecture, Japan’s prefectural police said on Monday (May 25).

On May 5, the body of a 78-year-old man was found after he went into the forest to collect wild vegetables.

The bear was killed nearby immediately after the body was found.

The police determined that the man was killed by the bear. - The Japan News/ANN

 

 

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