Leopard that killed eight-year-old girl in Jhelum Valley shot dead
Pakistan
The leopard had created fear in the area and local people were very worried.
MUZAFFARABAD (Web Desk) – A leopard that killed an eight-year-old girl in Sangar Shumali Dabrān, Union Council Pahl, Jhelum Valley (Azad Kashmir), has been shot dead by a special sniper team of the Pakistan Army.
The incident happened on July 26, when the leopard grabbed the young girl from the veranda of her house and later left her body in nearby fields after fatally injuring her.
The leopard had created fear in the area, and local people were very worried. After the army stepped in, the leopard was successfully tracked and killed.
Read also: Teen survives leopard attack in AJK village a day after girl mauled to death
Yesterday, a teenage boy had a narrow escape on Sunday afternoon after being attacked by a leopard in Nalai Dabra’n, a border village in the Jhelum Valley district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
The victim, identified as 10th-grade student Mudassir Ali Awan, was on his way home after attending the funeral of the young girl when the leopard suddenly attacked him. In a desperate bid to survive, he screamed for help and resisted the animal. His cries alerted nearby villagers, who quickly gathered, creating noise and throwing stones and sticks at the predator, eventually forcing it to retreat into the forest.
