Kupwara: A four-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack at Monabal Haril area of Handwara, Police said Sunday. Police said that a leopard attacked the minor boy while he was playing in the courtyard of his house, leaving him critically injured.
“The boy was immediately evacuated to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival,” Police said. “After conducting medico-legal formalities, his body was handed over to his legal heirs for last rites.”
The deceased boy has been identified as Saqib-Din-Badana, son of Baya Din Badana of Lohikot village of Monabal Haril area of Handwara.
