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The wild boar was seen sneaking into Kennedy Town MTR station, where it was confronted by security personnel. Photo: Chris Healy

Wild boar injures woman at Kennedy Town MTR station after gory tussle with police

  • Woman, 49, suffers minor leg injuries and is taken to hospital
  • Metre-long boar shot with tranquillisers and caged
Wild boar

A woman was injured by a wild boar in a subway station on Wednesday after the feral pig wandered into the subway from the countryside.

The metre-long wild boar was seen strolling along Forbes Street before sneaking into Kennedy Town MTR station, where it was confronted by security workers at about 8pm.

Police officers with barricades surrounded the animal near a passenger lift in the concourse near exit B.

The boar was confronted by security personnel after wandering inside Kennedy Town MTR station on Wednesday. Photo: Chris Healy

Officers from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) shot the boar with tranquilliser and removed it in a cage at about 9pm.

The woman, 49, suffered minor leg injuries from the boar in the station lobby and was taken to Queen Mary Hospital.

The wild boar was captured at around 9pm. Photo: Chris Healy

The animal’s limbs were injured and bloodied by escape attempts.

Earlier on Wednesday in Central, another wild boar sent shield-wielding police officers running before it was caught and caged by AFCD staff.

Police officers cornered the wild boar with barricades before it was captured. Photo: Facebook

The boar was seen trotting on Caine Road, Hillier Street, Des Voeux Road Central and Connaught Road Central at about 2.30pm.

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It was lured into a flower bed near the Central Tunnel portal for the Central-Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel and captured.

AFCD officers shot the boar with tranquilliser and removed it in a cage. Photo: Chris Healy
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