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Cougar Kills 1 Mountain Biker, Injures Another in Attack Near Seattle

Washington State Fish and Wildlife Police leave the scene on a remote King County road near the site of a fatal cougar attack Saturday May 19, 2018 in East King County, Wash. AP
Washington State Fish and Wildlife Police leave the scene on a remote King County road near the site of a fatal cougar attack Saturday May 19, 2018 in East King County, Wash. AP
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Cougar Kills 1 Mountain Biker, Injures Another in Attack Near Seattle

Washington State Fish and Wildlife Police leave the scene on a remote King County road near the site of a fatal cougar attack Saturday May 19, 2018 in East King County, Wash. AP
Washington State Fish and Wildlife Police leave the scene on a remote King County road near the site of a fatal cougar attack Saturday May 19, 2018 in East King County, Wash. AP

Seattle authorities said two men were attacked by a cougar which led to the death of one of them, while the second remained injured.

The cougar attacked the man and his friend was killed and his friend during a morning mountain bike ride outside Seattle on Saturday, US. AP reported.

The cougar was later found up a tree where agents for the ,
According to the Seattle, the cougar was still near the dead man's body up a tree when the state's Fish and Wildlife police shot and killed it hours after the attack.

The names of neither man were immediately released.

The man who was injured is reported to be in satisfactory condition at a hospital.

Rich Beausoleil, the state's bear and cougar specialist, says it was only the second fatality in Washington state in the last 94 years.

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Indonesia Volcano Belches Ash Tower as Highest Alert Issued

Lava rises from Mount Etna, Italy March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Etna Walk/Marco Restivo
Lava rises from Mount Etna, Italy March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Etna Walk/Marco Restivo
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Indonesia Volcano Belches Ash Tower as Highest Alert Issued

Lava rises from Mount Etna, Italy March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Etna Walk/Marco Restivo
Lava rises from Mount Etna, Italy March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Etna Walk/Marco Restivo

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted late Thursday, sending a dark ash tower eight kilometers (nearly five miles) into the sky as officials raised the alert level to its highest, AFP reported.

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703-meter (5,587-foot) twin-peaked volcano on the tourist island of Flores, erupted for 11 minutes and nine seconds, authorities said.

"The ash column was observed grey to black with thick intensity," Indonesia's volcanology agency said in a statement about the eruption that began at 22:56 pm (1456 GMT).

There were no immediate reports of damages to nearby villages, but the agency warned residents of the potential for volcanic mudflow due to heavy rainfall.

The long eruption prompted the country's geological agency to raise the volcano's alert level to the highest of the four-tiered system.

Authorities imposed an exclusion zone between seven and eight kilometers around the volcano, the agency added.

In November, Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted multiple times, killing nine people, cancelling scores of international flights to the tourist island of Bali and forcing thousands to evacuate.

Laki-Laki, which means "man" in Indonesian, is twinned with a calmer volcano named after the Indonesian word for "woman".

Indonesia, a vast archipelago nation, experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific "Ring of Fire."