EBraunbär wandered through a town in Slovakia and injured five people. Those who were attacked suffered bite wounds or scratches, Liptovsky Mikulas Mayor Jan Blcchac said on Sunday, according to the TASR agency. People aged ten to 72 would have been able to leave the hospital by now. One of them almost lost an eye.

A crisis team met in the city of about 31,500 inhabitants. According to preliminary findings, the bear probably crossed the Waag (Vah) River and then got lost in residential buildings. He was also seen near a shopping center but was eventually chased away into a wooded area. According to the city government, the brown bear should be shot now. Liptovsky Mikulas is located about 200 kilometers northeast of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, under the Tatra Mountains.

It was early Friday evening that a hiker died while running away from a brown bear in Slovakia. A 31-year-old Belarusian tourist fell from a slope and suffered fatal head injuries, police said. The woman's companion ran in the other direction after encountering the brown bear and was unharmed. This accident happened in the Low Tatras near the Jasna winter sports center in the Demänovska Dolina valley.

According to research carried out by the National Nature Conservation Agency in cooperation with researchers from the Charles University in Prague, there are about 1,100-1,200 wild bears living in Slovakia. They usually avoid people if they spot them in time. If there is an unexpected encounter or if female bears believe their cubs are threatened, they may also attack. In this case, it was still unclear whether it was a male or a female.