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The bear, named Dodon and a star attraction in the Russian capital's famed animal theatre Ugolok Durova, became enraged and fatally attacked 33-year-old Umar Zakirov, the RIA-Novosti news agency quoted police officials as saying.
He then set upon Zakirov's colleague Shedov Timur, 32, who also met an untimely end. A third theatre worker was bitten on the wrist.
"The bear tore two people to pieces and wounded a third," a police spokesman said, adding that the beast was now back in its cage.
The bear, named Dodon and a star attraction in the Russian capital's famed animal theatre Ugolok Durova, became enraged and fatally attacked 33-year-old Umar Zakirov, the RIA-Novosti news agency quoted police officials as saying.
He then set upon Zakirov's colleague Shedov Timur, 32, who also met an untimely end. A third theatre worker was bitten on the wrist.
"The bear tore two people to pieces and wounded a third," a police spokesman said, adding that the beast was now back in its cage.