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Flights have been suspended into Milan airport because of a plague of hares.

The animals invaded the runways at Milan's Linate Airport - and affected the operation of vital equipment.

Airport bosses are baffled as to why the hare population at Linate has risen so dramatically in the past few months, reports the BBC.

The hares confuse the ground radar that is meant to prevent a repeat of Italy's worst ever air crash, which left 118 people dead, at Linate in 2001.

Officials closed Linate for three hours while a team of local wildlife experts tried to catch the 80 or so hares that have been causing the problem.

The hares will be taken to nature reserves around Milan - though officials have warned that they have not ruled out a cull if this fails.