Minor dies in leopard attack

November 2, Tanahun: An eight-year-old boy died on Tuesday evening after being attacked by a leopard  in Tanahun.

Abhinav Kunwar, son of Jagdish Kunwar, a resident of Byas Municipality-12, died in the incident.

Police said the child was dragged away by the leopard while he was next to the cowshed, where his grandmother was milking the cow.

Deputy Superintendent of Police of Tanahun, Yuvraj Khadka, said that a team including police and forest personnel reached the spot where the leopard left the body of the boy and brought it to Damauli Hospital.

Division Forest Office Tanahun said that more than a dozen children have died due to leopard attack in Tanahun.