People were bitten and clawed by a bear in downtown Liptószentmiklós

March 17, 2024 – 5:35 p.m

A bear wandering in Liptószentmiklós also attacked a ten-year-old girl at noon on Sunday, reports the New word.

According to the city, five people – a ten-year-old girl, a 32-year-old man and a 72-year-old man, a 49-year-old woman and a 58-year-old woman – were injured, suffered scratches or bear bites. They were all allowed to go home.

“A crisis team is currently meeting in the city office with the participation of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the brown bear intervention group, the state police, hunting associations and the Tatra National Park (TANAP). The father of one of the victims is also present. they write.

The animal was also seen on the wharf and in the vicinity of the shopping center, according to the city’s spokesperson, it finally swam across the Vág river in the direction of Plostin, so it is already outside the inhabited area.

The authorities are now planning to shoot the bear.

The bear will probably be the same bear that killed a woman on Saturday in Deménvölgy, 15 kilometers from Liptószentmiklós. The woman fell from a height of 150 meters into a riverbed and, according to initial investigations, died of head injuries. The exact cause of death can be determined following the autopsy. The bear was then managed to be scared away by a member of the search team shooting into the air.

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