NAIROBI, Kenya — A lion that escaped from Nairobi National Park wandered around the Kenyan capital on Friday and attacked a man, resulting in his hospitalization.

Officials at the Kenya Wildlife Service said on Twitter that three units had “taken control of a lion incident” and that a man who was injured by the lion had been taken to a hospital.

It was the fourth time in less than a month that lions have strayed from the park and caused panic, according to the Kenyan news media. In mid-February, a lioness and her cub went for a little trip of their own and headed toward the city center.

Nairobi National Park, a bushy expanse of long grass and watering holes, is just minutes from the glass towers of downtown Nairobi.