© hsw.cnA wild boar lies dead after police in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province were forced to shoot it after the animal attacked a family in their home.
It took police seven shots to kill a wild boar that rushed into a home and attacked a villager in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province on January 12.
Area police found the 200-kilogram boar trapped in the home of a Donghe village family where it had rushed in and attacked a young man.
The 18-year-old victim was brought to a local hospital for a bite wound on his right thigh.
Authorities eventually lured the feral pig outside and fired seven times before killing it. "I and two other officers climbed on the roof for a better shot," said Yang Zhanmin, deputy chief of Xunyi county police. "The boar began thrashing around after the first two shots to its head, and we fired five more times to make sure it wouldn't injure anyone," said Yang.
According to Fu Jie, father of the victim, the boar fell into his family's courtyard while scavenging for food on one of the compound roofs at around 1 am on January 12.
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