Employees at a supermarket in Akita, Japan, were forced to evacuate when an Asian bear entered the store. The animal attacked a 47-year-old deli worker, injuring him on the head and face.

Between 9 and 9:30 that morning, police received calls about bear attacks around Akita’s Araya-Minamihamamachi and Araya-Kotobukimachi districts, near the mouth of the Omonogawa river.

AKITA—A bizarre standoff between police and a marauding bear holed up in a supermarket here finally ended with the animal’s capture on Dec. 2, two days after it broke in and mauled an employee.

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