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German Cops --and Wild Boars--Stop Car Thief |
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Sunday, 25 May 2008 |
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REUTERS BERLIN, GERMANY A wild boar stands in an open cage at a zoo 'Royev Ruchey' in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk February 1, 2006 German police pursuing a car thief through a dark forest turned rescuers when the man became cornered by a family of angry wild boar. Officers caught the man's passenger after the pair rammed into a squad car on a cross-country chase and leapt from the stolen Opel, police in the eastern city of Schwerin said. But they initially lost track of the 18-year-old driver during the night-time pursuit when he fled deep into the forest. "Then he ran into the family of boars, and the head of the family squared up to him," a police spokesman said on Friday. "So he stood there, put his hands up, and called for help." Officers rescued the man from the boars, then arrested him.
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