Mosque cleansed after wild boar enters building
SUNGAI BULOH: Fifty members of Sungai Plong Mosque had to cleanse the building yesterday after a wild boar entered the premises on Tuesday night.
Mosque nazir Hussin Rani said they were helped by firemen and staff of the Wildlife and National Parks Department and the Selangor Mufti’s Office.
“Half of the mosque needs to be cleansed before it can be used again.
“We will do this to the floor and walls, but the carpets will have to be destroyed.”
Hussin said the cost of replacing the carpets was expected to be about RM34,000.
“We should be doing so at the latest by this (yesterday) evening. I am just glad that no one was badly injured in the incident.”
He said those who wanted to pray could do so in the areas that were not affected.
In the 8pm incident on Tuesday, a member of the congregation was injured when he was gored by the wild boar.
The animal was reported to have chased several children but they escaped.
It then entered the mosque and attacked people inside.
It was shot dead by a member of the congregation, who had a shotgun.