Wolf bites woman in shock German attack on busy Hamburg shopping street

Wolf bites woman in shock German attack on busy Hamburg shopping street 9 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Bethany Bell Germany reporter Universal Images Group via (File pic) Several sightings of the wolf were reported to police before the woman was bitten A woman has been bitten by a wolf in a major shopping street in Hamburg, according to German authorities. The highly unusual attack took place in the bustling Grosse Bergstrasse in Hamburg Altona, near an inner-city Ikea store on Monday evening. The woman appears to have tried to lead the disoriented animal away from the shopping street. The wolf then bit the woman's face, according to local reports and then ran off. The woman was taken to hospital but has since been discharged. It's believed to be the first time a person has been attacked by a wolf since the animals began to reestablish themselves in Germany decades ago. "There has not been a case like this since the reintroduction began in 1998," a spokeswoman for the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation told German press agency dpa. The wolf was later spotted late on Monday night in the Binnenalster lake in Hamburg. Police managed to pull it out of the water with a rope. But the animal put up a fight, and police armed with shields are reported to have spent around an hour trying to catch it. …