Boy, 11, mauled to death by bears after being dragged into cage at resort

A schoolboy was mauled to death by a pair of brown bears that dragged him inside their cage as he apparently tried to impress two girls.

Nikita had been “showing off” his “bravery” in front of two girls - allegedly "provoking" the beasts and slapping their paws - and was trying to pose for a photo in front of the caged animals, but he got too close, Mirror.co.uk reports. The girls screamed for assistance and called their parents but by the time help arrived, it was too late to save the “very smart and nice boy”.

The bears’ outer cage gate had been left "unlocked" at a guest house’s mini-zoo in the Dagomys district of the sprawling Black Sea resort.

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