Bride-to-be dragged out of tent by bear and mauled to death as fiancé looks on in horror

A bride-to-be was mauled to death by a raging brown bear during a camping trip with her just-turned fiancé.

Snezhana Korolyova, who was 29, and an employee of the Emergencies Ministries, was in the Altai Mountains of Russia with her partner, when they pair were startled by an uninvited aggressor at approximately 1 am.

According to reports, Snezhana, from the nation's Novosibirsk region, had been staying with her groom at the Istok holiday campsite in Artybash village, at around an altitude of 1,410ft, on Lake Teletskoye at the time.

The bear is said to have torn into the couple's tent and 'hauled the screaming woman away' before mauling her to death and carrying her across the Biya River where it began to bury her in the forest.

Despite other campers allegedly trying to tempt its attention elsewhere, their efforts were not successful and in an attempt to have Snezhana released, gamekeepers and police had to shoot into the air despite 'having the opportunity to kill it.'

Snezhana Korolyova was killed by a bear as she hiked (E2W)

From there, witnesses say the move 'infuriated' the people, as they could have killed the bear at any point, as shooting above it did not frighten it enough to release its hold on the lawyer.

One person named Alina said of the incident: “They were shooting [in the air], but it wasn’t frightened. It wouldn’t give her up and....dragged her across the river."

She said: “Her boyfriend is in shock—he had only just proposed to her. It’s horrific.”

Devastatingly, the fiancé reportedly proposed to the victim just one day earlier,

“Tourists have no fear - they know bears roam around the headwaters, yet they pitched their tent in the corner beside the river,” Alina added.

“What infuriated people most was that, despite having the opportunity to kill a man-eating bear, the uniformed officers fired into the air, citing a ban on shooting at a target within a populated area. How does that make sense?

Snezhana Korolyova (E2W)

Another local woman said her sister just about escaped the same bear as the village was sent into a ten-day 'state of high alert' following Snezhana's death.

Currently, the bear remains at large, according to local reports.

A representative of the Mayminsky District Society of Hunters and Fishermen has commented on the rising bear population in the area, which could be due to restrictions on hunting.

"The hunting season was shortened to 30 days. Because of this, the bear population has begun to increase," they claimed.

"Hunters simply can't keep up with their licenses. There's little hunting, the bears are reproducing, and the food supply is scarce—nuts are scarce—so they simply come out to hunt people when they're hungry."

Because of the attack, pitching tents right now is prohibited to protect campers from being visited by bears in the area.

As for the woman's death, the Altai Republic prosecutor’s office has opened an inquiry into the case.