A wild boar injured a police officer and a passer-by as it ran amok in a three-hour rampage through the streets of Hong Kong.
The pig first evaded police on a private housing estate on Hong Kong Island at around 9am on Friday before it ran riot on the streets, the South China Morning Post reported.
A policeman was later rammed while trying to capture the animal and a 73-year-old man was hit as the pig ran in a park.
Both victims were taken to hospital for treatment with minor injuries.
A police spokesman told the newspaper: “As police approached, it escaped, ramming an officer.
“While running into a park on Oi Tak Street, it hit a male passer-by.”
Police and conservation officers reportedly surrounded the pig with shields and nets inside the park but it managed to escape again and fled to a nearby car park.
The animal was finally captured at around 12pm after it was shot by a tranquilliser dart by a vet from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, the paper reported.
The incident took place two days after a wild boar reportedly wandered into a police station in Tsuen Wan, also in Hong Kong.
