Junagadh: A 70 year old woman was killed by a leopard in Moti Khodiyar village under Mendarana taluka of Junagadh district in the wee hours today.

Sakarben Dilubhai Vekariya was sleeping in the open verandah of her house in the village when a leopard from the nearby Gir forests attacked her.

She was admitted to hospital with serious injuries over her neck. She later succumbed.

The forest department has kept cages in the area to catch the beast to thwart any such attack.

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