Police overrun by rats

17th July 2010

Residents in the North West of Poland are on alert after their town became overrun with rats in a modern-day plague.

Citizens of a small town near Szczecin called Police, have been forced to stand by helplessly as thousands of rodents swarm the streets and authorities have warned people to keep their distance from those both alive, and dead.

But while officials have teamed up with the local Department of Sewage and Water, it seems that so far, they are fighting a losing battle.

“They are absolutely everywhere,” says Wiktor Szostak, a spokesman for the local Health and Safety Department. “On the streets, in parks, on the pavements. We have hired a specialist firm and are curre ...