Russian wild bear shot dead after wandering through shopping mall

A wild bear wandered through a shopping mall in Russia's Far East before being shot and killed by police, a local TV channel reported Wednesday.No humaninjuries were reported.

MestoproTV released a video that showed the bear smashing a window and roaming around the mall. It then ran to a nearby playground in the city of Khabarovsk close to the Chinese border.

On exiting, the bear pushed open the store's doors and barrelled down the street. The video showed a camouflaged law enforcement officer pursuingthe animal and shooting it dead inaplayground.

The Investigative Committee, Russia's main state investigative agency, has launched a probe into the legitimacy of the police action.

The television report said the bear was between twoand threeyears old, making it a teenager in bear years.