The notorious leopard attacked 12-year-old Sapana Luhar of Bishalnagar-1 at about 1 a.m. today while she was asleep at home with her grandma, locals said. Sunar is a fifth grader at the local Koltada Primary School. [break]
The leopard reportedly sneaked into the house from a half-open door and attacked the child. The beast had dragged Sapana to the courtyard of the house when other family members woke up to her rescue.
Sapana suffers deep scratches and wounds in her ears, neck, face and arms from the attack. It may be recalled that a leopard had killed Sapana´s youngest brother a year ago.
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