What was to be a short afternoon field trip for about 20 students and staff of a school in Bella Coola, B.C., became a "traumatic event" where four people were badly hurt when a grizzly attacked without cause, the Nuxalk Nation's elected chief said on Friday.

Chief Samuel Schooner said in a statement that staff at the school followed all necessary protocols in Thursday's attack and are well trained to be in their territories.

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