New Mexico man killed in rare fatal bear attack, only second in state in a century

The Navajo Nation police department said officers within its Window Rock district received a call at about 1pm that a bear had attacked a man. Photograph: jjMiller11/Getty Images/iStockphoto

In a rare kind of attack, a bear killed a man in Crystal, New Mexico, on Thursday, local police said.

The police department for the Navajo Nation said officers within its Window Rock district received a call at about 1pm that a bear had attacked a man.