The incident occurred in a residential area of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture.
A woman suddenly attacked by a bear on the morning of April 22 described the tense moment.
S/ Woman attacked by bear/ There was a black shadow over there and it suddenly charged at me.
I was backing up when it bit me and I fell over.
S/ Reporter/ How’s the pain?
S/ Woman attacked by bear/ It hurts quite a lot. It feels numb.
According to the police, the woman was attacked by a bear around 1.3 meters tall during her walk around 5AM.
The woman sustained light injury on her left arm from the bite and broke her hip in the fall.
S/ Woman attacked by bear/ I didn’t realize it was a bear at first. Once we noticed each other, it came running at me. It was so scary.
Around 1 hour after the woman was attacked,the bear was found in a rice field around 3 kilometers from the residential district.
The bear was exterminated by a local hunting association.