The Yomiuri Shimbun
Four people were attacked by boars and slightly injured at about 4
p.m. Monday in a residential area of Yawatahama, Ehime Prefecture,
police said.
A 69-year-old woman was walking along a road when she was knocked
down by a charging boar. Over the next 15 minutes three other
people were attacked by wild pigs in the same area.
The police assume several boars were involved in the attacks, the
largest being about one meter long.
The police and members of a local hunting association searched the
area for the boars for about 1-1/2 hours from 4:30 p.m., but the
animals were not found.
The attacks happened near a mountainous area. The city government
said the boars likely wandered into the residential area in search
of food, and cautioned residents to be careful.
(Jan. 17, 2007)
