A 77-year-old man returning home from a newspaper delivery after being attacked by a bear Ishikawa Kanazawa October 22, 12:26

On the morning of the 22nd, a 77-year-old man returning home from a newspaper delivery was attacked by a bear in a mountainous area of ​​Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, and was seriously injured.

According to police, a 77-year-old man was injured by a bear on the street in Oikemachi, Kanazawa at around 6 am on the 22nd, a man's family reported.



The man was bitten by a bear, his left arm was scratched, and when he was attacked and fell, he suffered a serious injury that broke his left wrist.



The man said he was "attacked by a sudden bear" on his way home from a newspaper delivery part-time job.



The bear that attacked the man subsequently fled to the forest, and Kanazawa City, the police, and the local hunting association are on the alert.



The site is a mountainous area near the prefectural border with Toyama, and is dotted with houses and factories.



A woman in her 60s who lives near the site said, "I'm very scared to hear that a person was attacked. I heard that I was eating persimmon fruits, so I'm going to drop the persimmon fruits at home from now on." I was talking.



In Ishikawa prefecture, 12 people including this time have been attacked by bears and suffered a series of injuries, and the prefecture is calling for caution by issuing "infestation warning information" for bears throughout the prefecture. ..