Police Shoot Bear That Charged Them at Russian School

Slyudyanka, Russia – Traffic police officers shot a bear that charged at them after it wandered onto the grounds of a railway school in Siberia early on Thursday, November 12.

Security camera footage released by Russia's Interior Ministry shows the bear running across the snowy courtyard in front of the school's entrance before it falls to the ground.

Residents called police in the early morning to report the animal, which would not leave the grounds, the ministry said. "The bear came out from around the corner of the building and rushed toward them," ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk said, adding that officers opened fire and that no one was hurt.

The school's director, Lyudmila Dotsenko, thanked the officers for their quick response.