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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Gavin Blair in Tokyo

‘Extremely intelligent’ Japanese bear that attacked four people still at large, police say

A bear walks on the premises of an office in Fukushima, Japan
A Japanese police officer watched the bear climb over a gate, after apparently unlocking a window in a factory in Fukushima. Photograph: Kyodo News/AP

Police and hunters in Fukushima, Japan were searching for an “extremely intelligent” bear which, after attacking four people, apparently evaded capture by unlocking a window from the inside. The one-metre-long bear was seen drinking from a tap and showed no reaction when struck by a tranquilliser dart.

On Wednesday, the bear was filmed on CCTV chasing and then mauling an employee in a company car park before being chased off by a quick-thinking passerby who drove their car at the animal. Unfortunately, the animal escaped by running inside the office building where it attacked another man, before taking flight again.

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