KUALA LUMPUR, 7 March 2018:
A wild boar wandered into a mosque in Sungai Buloh near here last night, charged at worshippers and gored and injured a man.
The animal entered the Sungai Plong Mosque as worshippers gathered to perform the Isyak prayers at about 8.30pm, imam Ungku Ahmad Hazwan Ungku Kamarudin said in a statement.
He said the injured man was gored in the neck.
Some of the worshippers managed to chase the boar out of the mosque but it charged at two stationary motorcycles and toppled them, he said.
Ungku Ahmad Hazwan said one of the worshippers who owned a shotgun shot the animal dead.
He also said the mosque officials contacted the Sungai Plong Police Station for assistance.
Ungku Ahmad Hazwan said almost the whole of the interior of the mosque and the verandah had been soiled and the mosque officials contacted the Selangor Mufti Department for help in cleansing the house of worship.
“The department officers will make a visit tomorrow to decide on the cleansing. Prayers are now held in the unstained area of the mosque.”
Meanwhile, Sungai Buloh District Police chief Supt S. Somu confirmed the incident but said no report had been lodged.
“A police team went to the mosque to take charge during the incident. A Rohingya man was found to have been injured but he did not make a police report.”
– Bernama