TWO bear attacks in a single week has seen a rampaging beast maul people on the street of a Slovak town soon after a woman was chased to death.
The horror footage shows the bear running on the pavement of Liptovsky Mikulas in Slovakia before lunging at a pedestrian.
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A woman, 49, has suffered an injury to her shoulder while a man, 72, has sustained a wound on his head, officials reported.
The terrified onlookers filmed the bear running amok on the streets of the town – and at one moment, jumping at a man.
The latest attack comes just a day after a woman died as she was being chased by a bear in the nearby Low Tatra Mountains.
The Belarusian woman, 31, was on a walk in Demanovska Valley with her male companion, 29, when the the two ran into a bear.
The pair was separated as they scattered out in different directions, trying to escape the enraged beast and the man had lost the sight of the woman.
After the mountain rescue team had been alerted, a frantic search with a thermal imaging drones was underway – scouring the woodland and steep ravines.
The woman was later discovered by a rescue dog at the bottom of the ravine.
It is still unclear whether she plunged to her death or was killed by the bear.
The animal was still nearby when the rescuers found the body but was scared off by warning gunshots and dog barking.
The investigation has been launched into the cause of the woman’s death.
The victim’s friend was found “scared but unhurt” at the top of the ravine.
The woman’s body was recovered and transported to a nearby village of Lucky.
Bears are particularly active in spring as they are extremely hunger and scavenge for food after the long winter hibernation.
Bear attacks have become more common in Slovakia in recent years – with the first fatal case in centuries recorded in 2021.
The brown bear population of the country was on the brink of extinction in 1930s but has since bounced back – thanks to improved environmental protection in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989.
Bears have made a comeback to their natural habitats along the Carpathian mountain range, which spans on to Slovakia – remaining stable at 1,275 in the country today.
Some members of the government have campaigned to loosen protection on predators like bears as they are no longer endangered.
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