Overview
- A brown bear killed a 58-year-old woman near the village of Plonna in southeast Poland.
- The victim's son alerted emergency services, according to local fire service spokesperson Pawel Giba.
- Authorities opened an investigation into the circumstances of the attack.
- Crews reached the area later than expected because the mountainous terrain was hard to cross and the exact site was unclear.
- Poland has about 100 brown bears, with most in the Bieszczady mountains, and fatal bear attacks are rare, with the last reported in 2014.