Bear ran amok in Fukushima residential area, injuring four

The bear made its way through an industrial and residential area on Tuesday morning, chasing people it encountered. Surveillance footage released by the Fukushima steel plant shows a man being chased by the bear, then attacked and knocked to the ground.

All four injured - two of whom had bite wounds - required hospital treatment, Kyodo News reports. One is reported to be seriously injured.

Last year, 13 people were killed by bears in Japan, a record. Most recently, in April of this year, another person was killed in a bear attack, and in May, a Russian man hiking a few miles west of Tokyo was injured by a bear.

However, most of the attacks have occurred in forested areas in northern Honshu.