A 3-year-old child died on Saturday evening after she was attacked by a leopard, believed to be the same animal behind three suspected attacks on five persons that has led to the death of two individuals in Kolapally in Pandalur over the last few weeks.
On Saturday, Nancy was playing in a tea estate in Mango Estate in the Bitherkad Forest Range when the leopard attacked her. The girl was rescued by onlookers and was rushed to hospital, but died due to the severe nature of her injuries.
Police officials said she was the daughter of migrant workers living and working as estate laborers in the area. The attack on Nancy is the latest of three separate attacks by a leopard since December 21. In the first incident, three women were attacked. One of them died in Coimbatore a few days later.
