WAKAYAMA (Kyodo) A wild boar that ran amok in downtown Wakayama last weekend was found dead Tuesday evening near railroad tracks, police said, adding that it was apparently hit by a train.

At around 4 p.m. Tuesday, a passerby called police saying a boar was walking near a Nankai Railway grade crossing. The boar was last seen at around 8 p.m., when it fled from dozens of officers.

It was found dead an hour later, they said.

Police were hunting the boar since it attacked three people last weekend.

On Saturday night and early Sunday, the 1-meter boar injured two men and a woman in central Wakayama.