A seven-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said today.
Faheem Ahmad Lone was playing outside his house in Magam village of Handwara area when he was attacked and killed by the wild animal last evening, a police spokesman said.
This is the second such incident in Handwara within a week.
On October 21, a three-year-old boy was killed by a leopard in Kahipora village of Handwara.
In another incident, the spokesman said a bear ventured into village Jurk Mohalla near Hapatnar in Bandipora district and attacked 13-year-old Manzoor Ahmad Gojjar last evening.
Gojjar was critically injured in the attack and was shifted to a hospital.
