Kathmandu, June 12
On Saturday evening, a leopard attacked a girl in Bandipur Rural Municipality-4 in Tanahun
district, injuring her. According to the District Police Office in Tanahun, the injured person is
eight-year-old Riyana Thapa.
The injured girl is undergoing treatment at Moti Medical College, Dumre. According to the
outgoing Chairman of Bandipur Rural Municipality, Purna Singh Thapa, a leopard attacked the girl leaving her seriously injured on her neck. The condition of the injured girl is said to be stable.
When the girl came out of the house to see her parents return home from the market, she was attacked by the leopard. After her parents came to save her, the leopard ran.
In the last few years, there have been frequent attacks by leopards in various municipalities of the district.
Meanwhile, the Division One Office has urged parents and guardians not to leave their children alone outside the house, especially in the evening to avoid leopard attacks.
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