Police said two people were attacked by a wild boar outside the Fo Tan MTR station on Friday morning.

Officers said they were notified of the incident shortly after 11am, adding that the victims were a woman who suffered a thigh injury, and a 15-year-old boy whose elbow was hurt.

The wild boar then fled towards the Sha Tin Fire Station and was subsequently spotted swimming in Shing Mun River before being tranquilised and taken away by staff from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.

Roni Wong from the Hong Kong Wild Boar Concern Group said it’s important to find out what triggered the attack.

“According to various media reports, when the wild boar was found, its mouth was already injured and bleeding,” he wrote in a Facebook post.

“Having personally encountered many wild boar cases, they tend to panic and choose to flee when injured. They don't intend to attack, but only want to protect themselves and survive.”

Wong urged the government to educate the public on animal matters, instead of trying to hunt them down.

Separately, an online video also showed a wild boar having a leisurely run at the Sha Tin Racecourse earlier in the day.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club said the incident caused minimal interruption.

“The Club confirms that a wild boar appeared in Sha Tin Racecourse in the early morning of 28 July… the incident has not created any damages except an intermittent suspension to the trackwork and a temporary closure of the Penfold Park in the interest of safety," it said in a statement.

It is so far unknown whether the boar was the same as the one that attacked the pedestrians in Fo Tan.