THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A wild boar fatally attacked and injured the householder who was standing outside the house. Appukuttan (75), a native of Kilimanoor, was the one got had to face this fate. Appukuttan was attacked by a wild boar when he was standing near the well outside the house and the boar broke the handrail and fell in the well after the attack. The forest department has been informed that the boar is in the well.

Appukuttan, who was thrown to a distance by the impact of the collision, sustained serious injuries below his abdomen and was immediately admitted to Paripally medical college. Considering the seriousness of the injury, he was later shifted to Thiruvananthapuram medical college for expert treatment.

Wild animal problem is intensifying in the residential areas with the arrival of summer. A cow was killed by a tiger at Pathanamthitta Perunad the other day. Reggie, a resident of the third ward of Perunnad, was the one who lost his cow to a tiger.