Lion attacks villager in Amreli’s Khambha village

Lion attacks villager in Amreli’s Khambha village
By our correspondent
Amreli, DeshGujarat, 21 May, 2009



A 70-year-old sheffered was attacked by lion in Gujarat’s Amreli district’s Khambha Taluka’s Babarpara farm-side area.

Babarpara’s Virabhai Devabhai Rabari who works as a cattle care-taker was sleeping with his family in the night on open farm-side ground. Late in the night, suddenly he saw a group of around dozen lions. One of the lions came near Virabhai speedily and attacked him. Lion injected three teeth into Virabhai’s leg aggressively. Virabhai’s leg was injured and bleeding. Meanwhile family persons sleeping nearby waked up and shouted loudly due to which the group of lions including the lion that attacked Virabhai fled from there.

Virabhai was immediately taken to Khambha’s government clinic in 208 ambulance. He was out of danger.