Bear killed after 2-day rampage through northeast Japan supermarket

1-meter-tall bear attacked employee and dined in store's meat section

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Police officers were dispatched to a supermarket on Dec. 1 after a report that a bear attacked a male employee in the store in Akita prefecture.   © Kyodo

AKITA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A bear was trapped and killed Monday after a two-day stay in a northeastern Japan supermarket, police said, ending an incident in which the animal attacked a male employee and dined out in the store's meat section.

The approximately 1-meter-long bear was finally confirmed as captured at the store in Akita Prefecture around 8:10 a.m., some four hours after a sensor on one of the box traps was triggered.

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