A leopard broke into a house in the suburbs of the Indian capital Delhi, injuring five people before it could be blocked in a room. This was reported by the Delhi emergency service, UNN reports with reference to Mint.
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According to the Delhi Fire Department, at about 6.20 am, they received information about an incident: a leopard broke into a residential building and attacked people, injuring five residents. Two fire trucks were sent to the village of Jagatpur in Delhi's Wazirabad district.
Delhi Fire Chief Atul Garg said that with the help of local residents, firefighters were able to lock the leopard in a room. The victims were taken to the hospital.
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This is not the first leopard attack on humans in India in recent times. In March, a large-scale operation was conducted in the Jharkhand region to capture a leopard that had entered a factory in the industrial area of Adityapur, causing alarm among local residents. The leopard reportedly attacked one person, causing minor injuries.
In the state of Himachal Pradesh, it was reported that local residents are frightened that leopards are preying on dogs, goats and sheep, and that they have attacked several people in different areas of the state's Hamirpur district. On March 8, a pair of leopards (a male and a female) was spotted in Gujrehra village of Chabutra Gram panchayat in Hamirpur.
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