Conservation officers say two grizzly bears have been captured in Bella Coola on British Columbia's central coast, and DNA tests are being conducted on one of them to determine if it was involved in last week's attack on a group of students and teachers.

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says the other captured bear has already been assessed and because any link to the attack is "not conclusive" it will be fitted with a GPS collar and relocated.

The officers have been comparing evidence from the attack scene, 700 kilometres northwest of Vancouver, with evidence analyzed from the two bears that were caught on Monday.

The service has previously said a mother grizzly and two cubs are thought to have been involved in Wednesday's attack that left a teacher and three pupils with severe in

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