Pop superstar Shakira said she was attacked by a pair of wild boars who stole her bag as she and her son were walking at a park in Barcelona.
She shared news of the incident in a series of videos posted Wednesday to her Instagram stories, according to BBC News. The videos are no longer online, as Instagram stories disappear after 24 hours.
Speaking in Spanish, the Colombian singer showed followers her purse, which was split at the seams and covered in dust and mud, according to The Washington Post.
“(The boars) were taking my bag to the woods with my mobile phone in it,” Shakira said, according to BBC News. “They’ve destroyed everything.”
She said the incident happened while she was with her 8-year-old son, Milan, the Post reported. She did not provide further details about where the incident took place, according to the newspaper.
Wild boars are considered a nuisance and listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as one of the world’s worst invasive species. They have become an increasing problem across Europe, according to The Guardian. In Barcelona, police received nearly 1,200 calls reporting hogs “rooting up turf, munching trash, attacking dogs, plundering cat-feeders, holding up traffic and running into cars” in 2016, the newspaper reported.
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