A bear runs through the streets, injuring five people and causing panic in a city in Slovakia; Video | world

The bear invaded the town in Slovakia On Sunday (17), he ran through the streets and attacked passers-by, wounding five. In the photos released on Tuesday (19), people can be seen running to escape the animal. (See video above)

Local media reported that the bear injured five people in the city center of Liptovsky MikulasIt is located in the north of the country, about 300 kilometers from the capital, Bratislava.

A woman who witnessed bear attacks reported moments of despair: “The person is paralyzed and does not expect a bear in the middle of the city, especially on Sunday, at lunchtime. “Maybe at night, but that's too much.”

Authorities declared a state of emergency on Sunday, but the city's mayor, Jan Belczak, said the bear was returned to the forest on Tuesday. but He warned that the city's residents “will not be protected until the situation is resolved.”

According to the country's Undersecretary of the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture, Philip Cova, the number of bears in the country is large. The town of Liptovsky Mikulas is located near a mountainous area that includes the Tatras National Park.

In the wake of the incident, Cova said that a draft law allowing the eradication of bears “inside and outside city limits” would be implemented across the country.

“A bill on constitutional authority will soon be introduced. It will include a provision authorizing the eradication of bears inside and outside the city limits. We cannot limit the discussion to the city limits only, because the issue at hand concerns the bear population as a whole and it is very large,” the Undersecretary said. “Another major issue is that the bears have changed their behavior.”

According to local media, a 31-year-old Belarusian woman died on Friday (15) while trying to escape a similar bear attack in the Low Tatra Mountains near the city.