Marksmen have shot dead a leopard which seriously injured 15 people – including three police officers – after wandering into a suburb of Kathmandu.
A furious crowd dragged the mortally wounded animal through the streets of Gothatar on the outskirts of Kathmandu at around 6am today.
Graphic photographs capture residents fleeing for their lives as the leopard prowls between buildings.
Armed police from Metropolitan Police Circle, Koteshwor, were on the scene within minutes and managed to corner the animal, but not before it had mauled more than a dozen residents.
Upto three policemen and two officials from the Department of Forest were injured as they tried to trap the wild cat, according to local reports.
Police said that all the injured were rushed to Mother Land Hospital, Pepsicola for the medical treatment.
An angry mob soon gathered around the animal, kicking and beating the feline as it lay on the dust.
