Polar bear killed after injuring woman at Svalbard campsite

French tourist, part of tour group of 25 people, taken to hospital after incident at Sveasletta, say police

A polar bear has been killed after it attacked a campsite in Norway's remote Arctic Svalbard Islands on Monday, injuring a French tourist.

The woman, who was not identified, was part of a tour group of 25 people who were camping at Sveasletta, in the central part of the Svalbard archipelago, more than 800km (500 miles) north of the Norwegian mainland. The campsite was located across a fjord from Longyearbyen, the main settlement in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago.