He worked at Malpensa

Italian tourist killed by bear in Romania: fatal recklessness in the Carpathian mountains

A tourist loses his life in Romania after a fatal encounter with a bear he wanted to photograph on the Transfagarasan nature trail

4 July 2025Aggiornato alle ore 15:00

Dal profilo Facebook di Omar Farang Zin - questa foto è del 2 luglio 2025

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In Romania, an Italian motorcyclist was killed by a bear along the Transfagarasan nature trail in the heart of the Romanian Carpathians, also known as 'Ceausescu's Madness'. The man,' media reports in Bucharest, 'was dragged by the animal into the depths of the forest and his body was found after an hour's search in a ravine. The man's body, which had numerous bite wounds, was transported to the Institute of Forensic Medicine for autopsy. The police have opened a manslaughter enquiry and are investigating to clarify the exact circumstances of the tragedy.

«Guardate l’orso!»

The animal that attacked him, a female, was subsequently shot down.

The area where the incident occurred,' reads Rainews.co.uk, 'located in the municipality of Arefu, has four times as many bears, 112, as the optimal estimated number of 25.

La distanza da Bucarest

Tempo medio di percorrenza di 3 ore 46 min (233,6 km) passando per E81 e Transfăgărășan/DN7C. Situata lungo la strada di montagna “Transfagarasan” (altrimenti nota come DN 7 C), la cascata della Capra è un punto di riferimento turistico lungo una strada storica romena.

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Identity

As reported by Il Giorno, Omar Farang Zin, a 48-year-old Italian tourist living in Samarate, born in 1976, was a widower and worked for Sea at Malpensa Airport: after thirty years as a driver of runway vehicles he had been promoted to airport specialist, airport coordinator.

L’orsa

Nel parcheggio, sullo sfondo le auto di turisti, foto staccata 3 luglio 2025

Sito facebook Omar Farang Zin

The man was part of a group of motorcyclists who were heading from Vidraru towards Lake Bâlea, and a glove, presumed to belong to the victim, was also found beside the motorbike on the roadside. According to the authorities, the man had stopped to take a photo of the bear together with her cubs, at which point the animal became extremely aggressive.

«Sta venendo verso di me»

Omar Farang Zin had posted several photos and videos of bears encountered on his Facebook profile in recent days. It was on his phone that a short film was found showing the moments before the attack, according to the rescue team that recovered the body. This was reported by the Romanian daily Gandul.

Le condoglianze

Sul sito facebook Omar Farang Zin

Sito facebook Omar Farang Zin

"You can see that he stopped, got off the motorbike and took sequential photos while the bear was with the cubs and it attacked him.

He was at a fairly close distance from the animal. You can clearly see the aggressive nature of the bear, you can see when it approaches and the recklessness of all the tourists doing the same thing on the Transfăgărășan. We have been reporting the problems for years, no one takes any action, and we are pilloried,' Dragoș said Io

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The "madness of Ceaucescu"

Also called Ceausescu's Folly, the Transfăgărășan road is 152 km long and winds through Romania's highest mountains: it is only open four months a year. Constructed between 1970 and 1974 to allow Romanian troops to cross the Carpathians quickly in case of a Soviet invasion, the road connects the regions of Transylvania and Muntenia.

nescu, representative of the hunting fund, as reported by hotnews.