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Residents of a remote Russian town are under siege from hungry polar bears and fear the predators will eat them.
Videos show the nightmare in bleak Arctic port Dikson with a pack of at least half a dozen beasts scavenging for food on the streets and terrorising locals.
Armed police are firing warning shots to scare the polar bears away.
They are not allowed by law to shoot to kill unless a predator attacks a human, directly endangering life.
But the wild creatures are rapidly returning.