Desperate hunt on for man-eating leopard after 3 children killed as 50 men sent to catch or kill beast

A DESPERATE hunt is on for a man-eating leopard which has thus far killed three kids in India.

Some 50 hunters have been despatched into the jungle to trace down and both kill or catch the beast which is roaming Baramulla in northern Kashmir.

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Sharpshooters are looking for the large cat whose assaults have sparked a sense of panic amongst villagers.

Footage obtained by The Solar On-line seems to point out the beast prowling close to a roadside because the hunt continues for the leopard.

The animal is seen within the distance on a hillside prowling by means of the undergrowth close to the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Nationwide Freeway.

Different video – far to graphic to point out – exhibits the aftermath of the leopard’s assault on Rutba Manzoor, 8, who turned the leopard’s third sufferer.

Crowds are seen gathered as her physique is wrapped in a blanket after she was pounced on, dragged away, and partially eaten by the monster.

Her household discovered her in a pool of blood after she had disappeared from close to dwelling in Bantangi, Boniyar, on Tuesday.

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And her loss of life adopted the killings of Shahid Ahmed, 12, final Sunday, and Muneer Ahmad, 15, final Saturday.

Each have been discovered struggling accidents constant wild animal assaults having been despatched into the forest to graze cattle.

Rutba’s killing has pushed locals to stage protests to name for motion and to stop extra assaults in future.

The native administration suggested most of the people to not let their kids go to the close by forest alone.

And in addition the college kids have been requested to show to highschool solely after 9 within the morning to keep away from such incidents within the public.

In the meantime, the wildlife officers have launched a large hunt both to entice or eradicate the predator.

A number of traps have been arrange in numerous areas in Boniyar.

The wildlife division has sought the help of the native police and the Forest Safety Pressure (FPF) .

Rashid Naqash, regional wildlife warden, instructed native media the animal is “unpredictable” – warning the leopard may strike “anyplace at any time”.