Handwara, Jul 31: A 04-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack at Monabal Haril area of Langate in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said this evening.
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Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a minor boy was playing outside his home when a man-eater wild animal attacked him and left him critically injured.
They said that the injured was taken to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him dead.
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After medico-legal formalities the body was handed over to his legal heirs for last rites, they said.
The officials identified the minor boy as Saqib-Din-Badana, son of Baya Din Badana of Londa-Lohikot village of Monabal in Langate.
