A safari park employee in Japan has been killed by a bear that climbed into her car and attacked her. The Asian black bear was seen clambering into the vehicle at Gunma safari park, north-west of Tokyo, and mauling Kiyomi Saito, a police spokesman said. “The details are not yet known, including how the bear got inside the car,” the spokesman said. “The park remains under police investigation and no details can be confirmed at this point,” said Yusuke Yamazaki, a park employee. In 2012, several bears escaped from Hachimantai bear park in northern Akita prefecture, which had kept 38 animals, most of them brown bears.

Source: The Guardian August 16, 2016 10:07 UTC