A bear that caused significant disruption, including school closures, in Utsunomiya, Japan, has been captured after a four-day search. The animal had been sighted in various public places, causing alarm among residents.

A bear that roamed the streets of a Japanese city for four days, forcing mass school closures, was caught on Tuesday, capping a search involving dozens of hunters and police. Terrified families in the city of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, peered through windows as a search mission that included helicopters tried to track down the animal following multiple sightings, including in a shopping arcade, at a university and at a wholesale market.