Eight-year-old girl killed in leopard attack in UP's Bijnor

Bijnor (UP): An eight-year-old girl was killed in a leopard attack while accompanying her mother to collect fodder in a jungle in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday, police said.

The incident occurred in Malkapur village of Nahtaur area when a leopard dragged Tanya from the road around 8 am, they said.

Villagers managed to scare away the animal, but by then she had sustained severe injuries, Nahtaur Station House Officer (SHO) Dheeraj Singh said.

She was taken to a hospital where doctors declared her dead, Singh said, adding that the body has been sent for post mortem.