Rome residents impose curfew after spate of wild boar attacks

Nightly restriction in north comes as woman says boar was on top of my head' during encounter on Sunday

Residents in several neighbourhoods in northern Rome have imposed a nightly curfew" after a spate of attacks by wild boar, which for years have roamed the Italian capital.

In the most recent encounter, a woman said a boar was on top of my head" after she was pushed to the ground during an attack on Sunday night. The incident prompted exasperated residents of Balduina and six other districts to impose an 8.30pm curfew.