World Scene: Kyrgyzstan

Ice-skating bear kills man

One person was killed and another wounded yesterday when a bear rehearsing "bears on ice" show attacked his handlers at a circus in the Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan, circus officials said. The five-year-old bear attacked and killed a director for the visiting circus in capital Bishkek. A circus employee who attempted to rescue Potapov was also severely injured during the attack.