Three persons, including two women, were killed and two others were injured in bear attack in Chandahandi block in Nabarangpur district on Tuesday.
The injured were admitted in a Government hospital here. Their condition is very critical, said sources. Villagers of Phatki, who had gone to the nearby forest to collect grass for domestic animals, were attacked by a rogue bear.
Sources said the bear first attacked the two women and later attacked a man, who was trying to rescue the women. The three were killed by the bear on the spot.
later, two more persons who had gone to the forest to collect the dead bodies were attacked by the bear and they sustained critical injuries.
local Forest Department officials are trying to capture the bear.