Wild Boar Injures Four in Berlin
A 120-kilogram (265-pound) wild boar attacked and injured four people Monday in Berlin, the German capital's police force said.
The boar bit a 74-year-old man on the back and leg, knocked a 74-year-old woman to the ground and bit a 24-year-old woman on the legs before she took shelter in a parked car, police said in a statement.
The three were taken to hospital.
The fourth person injured was a police officer who had been sent to the residential neighborhood of Charlottenburg to investigate, after passers-by reported the presence of the boar, police said.
The animal attacked the officer and bit him in the leg before he used his police-issue gun to kill it.
The number of wild boars in Berlin, which has vast stretches of green space, appears to be on the rise, though such attacks are rare.
Source: Agence France Presse
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