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Russia shopping mall bear shot dead by police | |
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Police in Russia's far east have shot dead a wild bear that wandered around a closed shopping mall. | |
The bear entered the mall in Khabarovsk, near the Chinese border, on Tuesday night and barged out of a door. | |
Police then shot it dead in the playground of a school before a veterinary worker arrived. | Police then shot it dead in the playground of a school before a veterinary worker arrived. |
Government investigators said (in Russian) that they have now opened an inquiry, after "numerous requests" to do so, into why the animal was killed. | Government investigators said (in Russian) that they have now opened an inquiry, after "numerous requests" to do so, into why the animal was killed. |
Security camera footage showed the bear running through empty corridors before pushing two doors open to escape. | Security camera footage showed the bear running through empty corridors before pushing two doors open to escape. |
It was then shot dead by a camouflaged officer after running away from the mall. | |
"The police did what was simplest," Natalia Kovalenko, an animal rights activist was quoted as saying by the state-run Vesti.ru website (in Russian). | "The police did what was simplest," Natalia Kovalenko, an animal rights activist was quoted as saying by the state-run Vesti.ru website (in Russian). |
"First they made it crazy by smoking it out of the mall. Then, when the animal came out and was defending itself out of fear, they shot it." | |
Tass, another state-run news agency, said bears were increasingly wandering into towns to seek food before they hibernate in November. | Tass, another state-run news agency, said bears were increasingly wandering into towns to seek food before they hibernate in November. |
It said some 60 bears "posing a threat to humans" have been killed this year. Two people have been killed and four injured in bear attacks, it said. | It said some 60 bears "posing a threat to humans" have been killed this year. Two people have been killed and four injured in bear attacks, it said. |
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