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Surgery for man who shot bear

Mauled: expedition leader Michael Reid
12 April 2012

One of the leaders of the Arctic expedition in which a British public schoolboy was mauled to death by a polar bear is to have surgery today.

Michael "Spike" Reid, 29, shot dead the bear that attacked British students and killed Horatio Chapple, 17, on a Norwegian island a week ago - but he was badly mauled.

He will have surgery to repair head injuries - including a broken jaw and fractured skull - at Derriford hospital in Plymouth. Writing on Twitter today he said: "I think all the drs are great. Wish me luck."

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