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| Leopard terror: tribal boy killed, teenage girl mauled | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 8: A three-year-old tribal boy was killed while a teenaged girl was mauled in separate incidents of leopard attack in Rajouri and Doda districts respectively, police sources today said.
A three-year-old, identified as Manzoor Hussain son of Hassan Bakerwal of Baba Kanna Top in Rajouri, was picked up by a leopard from his house near the forest area yesterday, the sources said.
Parents of the child chased the wild beast after hearing cries but all in vain. The leopard escaped leaving boy bleeding profusely.
Manzoor was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors pronounced him ‘’brought dead’’.
In another incident, an 18-year-old girl was critically injured when a leopard attacked her while she was grazing cattle near her residence the in Kastigarh area of Doda district.
After hearing her cries, people from nearby area rushed to the place and rescued the girl who was identified as Tahira Bano daughter of Abdul Majeed Padder, police said.
She girl was shifted to hospital for treatment, they said. With the higher mountain reaches experiencing snowfall in the winters, the wild animals start entering the dwelling areas, thus rising incidents of man-animal conflict.
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