Toddler killed by leopard

RAJKOT: A two-year-old boy was killed by a leopard in Amreli district on Saturday late night. This was the third incident of attack by a feline in the district in a week.
The latest incident was reported late Saturday night from Katar village under Rajula range forest. It happened when the toddler was sleeping with his family members in a hut.
The leopard caught the boy by his neck and dragged him away to the nearby bushes. When the child's family members raised an alarm, the feline dropped the boy and escaped, a forest official said.
The child, who received severe neck injuries, was rushed to a government hospital in the nearby Mahuva town of Bhavnagar district, where doctors declared him dead.
The forest department has set up cages in the area to nab the leopard and shift it away from human settlement, the official said.
Last Monday, a three-year-old boy was killed after being attacked by a leopard at Karjala village in Savarkundla taluka of the district.
On Tuesday, a five-month-old boy was mauled to death by a lioness when he was sleeping with his family in an open near Khara village in Liliya taluka of Amreli, officials earlier said.