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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley

Golden eagle killed in Norway after attack on toddler in farmyard

The young golden eagle has its wings outstretched as it comes to land on a rock, photographed against a mountainous backdrop
The young golden eagle, photographed here on 5 September, showed behaviour ‘radically different from normal’, said an expert from BirdLife Norge. Photograph: Francis Ari Sture/AP

A young golden eagle has been killed after reportedly attacking and wounding at least four people, including a 20-month-old toddler, in a large area of central and southern Norway.

The public broadcaster NRK said that in the most recent attack on Saturday the bird swooped on the girl, who was was playing in her family’s farmyard in the central Trøndelag region, despite being beaten away by her mother and a neighbour.

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