This is the terrifying moment a bear unleashed terror as it rampaged through a Slovak town and attacked two people, leaving them in hospital.
A 49-year-old woman suffered an injury to her shoulder while a 72-year-old man is being treated for a cut to his head after the pair were attacked in Liptovský Mikuláš, officials said.
According to local reports, police chased the bear out of the city and into the forest after the brutal attack.
Images of the bear circulating on social media show the animal running along a main road and past what appears to be a public green space.
Another horror clip shows the moment the bear runs across a zebra crossing as terrified citizens flee the beast.
Terrifying footage captured the moment a bear rushed down a street in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, before attacking two people
The huge bear was seen running through the streets before attacking a 49-year-old woman and a 72-year-old man, leaving them both requiring hospital treatment
In one clip, the bear was seen running across a crosswalk as people ran for their lives
He is then spotted walking through a green area before returning to the street and setting his sights on a man.
The man could be seen climbing over a fence in panic as the bear charged towards him, before quickly clambering over the barrier.
In a heartbreaking moment, viewers can see the man make it over the fence just in time before the rampaging beast charges towards the fence in anger.
It comes just a day after a woman, 31, died after she and her friend were attacked by a brown bear in Slovakia.
The woman, from Belarus, was walking with a male companion in the Low Tatra Mountains when they were chased by the predator.
According to the man, he and the woman fled in different directions while in the depths of the dense forest.
The bear jumped onto a sidewalk before attempting an attack on a man who managed to climb over a fence and escape the bear’s presence just in time.
The predator was spotted crossing a green space before hitting the pavement again
The woman’s body was discovered by the Slovak Mountain Rescue Service on Friday evening, while the bear lingered nearby.
According to local reports, the bear was quickly scared off by the sounds of the rescue team’s gunshots.
According to the BBC it was unclear whether the woman fell to her death while trying to escape or was killed by the bear.
Slovak authorities have reassured that if she were mauled to death by the brown bear, they would reveal that information publicly.
There have been several bear attacks in Slovakia in recent years, including a fatal attack in 2021 – at the time reportedly the first in Slovakia in a century.
The body of a 57-year-old man was found on June 14 in the Banskô Valley in the Liptov region.
He was found in the woods above the village of Liptovská Lúžna, with his head, hip and neck lacerated.
Fresh bear prints were found at the site.
In November last year, a German eco-activist captured on camera the terrifying moment he was attacked by a bear after accidentally walking into the animal’s den in Poland’s Bieszczady Mountains.
The man was viciously attacked by the animal but was rescued after being taken to hospital.
Meanwhile, in 2017, a cyclist was chased by a bear while cycling through a remote forest path in Malino Brdo, Slovakia.
After chasing him for a few moments, the bear turns and slides back into the trees.
Bears are common in many parts of Eastern Europe, including the areas around the Carpathians, which stretch from Romania to Poland and pass through Slovakia.
Researchers estimate that there are about 3,000 bears in Sweden, 2,000 in Finland, 1,100 in Estonia and about 100 in Norway – with the largest population of brown bears in Europe being in Russia.
They also estimate that there are about 1,275 bears in Slovakia.
The Slovak Environment Ministry said it will, together with Romania, propose at the next European Council of Environment Ministers to relist bears as protected species, as their numbers mean they are no longer endangered and can be selectively culled .