Police are investigating after a bear escaped its enclosure at a park in Agioi Trimithias, Nicosia district, late on Friday afternoon before the owner managed to get it back inside.
The park’s 60-year-old owner alerted police shortly after 7pm. According to his account, one of the bears escaped while he was attempting to put food in their enclosure.
Police mobilised immediately to deal with the situation and protect the public.
Patrols from Nicosia Police Division, the local police station, the Mobile Immediate Action Unit (MMAD) and Traffic Police were sent to the area, along with officers from the Game and Fauna Service.
The 60-year-old found the bear within the park and managed to guide it back into its fenced enclosure shortly after 8pm.
Kokkinotrimithia Police Station is investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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