Bear attacks tourists in Japan
09:52, 20 September 2009
ASTANA. September 20. KAZINFORM An Asian black bear has been shot dead after attacking a group of tourists at a bus station in central Japan, BBC reported; Kazinform cites Trend News.
Four people were seriously injured in the attack in Takayama, Gifu prefecture, according to the Japanese news agency Kyodo.
After the attack, the 1.3m (four foot) bear fled through the bus terminal, and into a souvenir shop.
Employees then trapped it inside the shop, and the bear was later shot dead by officials.
The male bear attacked a group of nine people, mostly tourists, waiting for a bus to take them to the nearby mountains; Kazinform has learnt from Trend News.
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