Brown bear that attacked five people shot dead, says Slovakian minister

Drone used to identify animal that went on rampage in northern Slovakia this month, says Toma Taraba

A brown bear has been killed by an armed patrol after drone technology identified it as the animal that injured five people during a rampage in a town in northern Slovakia this month, the country's environment ministry has said.

The environment minister, Toma Taraba, said the bear, which left a 49-year-old woman and a 72-year-old man needing hospital treatment and three other victims including a 10-year-old girl with cuts and bruises, was shot dead late on Tuesday.