Two children killed in wild animal attacks in Amreli

Amreli: Two incidents of wild animal attacks on children occurred in the Amreli district within a span of 3 hours on Monday.

In the first incident, a lioness killed a 5-month-old boy at Khara Gundran state highway at 5 am in the Liliya range. The child, Vishal Bhaveshbhai Parmar, was sleeping with his family in a slum near Khara Gundran state highway when the lioness attacked him. Earlier, the lioness preyed on a goat in the early morning but left it after people woke up due to the goat’s shouting. The forest department has started taking necessary measures to capture the lioness responsible for the attack.

In another incident, a 3-year-old boy was playing outside a room on a farm with his family members at night in Karjala in Savarkundla when a panther attacked him and grabbed him by the mouth. The panther took him to nearby crops and killed him despite the efforts of people gathered to rescue the child after hearing his shouts. The forest department team of Savarkundla captured the panther responsible for the attack. The deceased child, Bhupat, was from Madhya Pradesh Alirajpur Bhabhar and his family was in the area working as farming labor. DeshGujarat