Nepal - Locals running for their lives as a leopard chases them after it reacted to their stone pelting before it was beaten to death in Gothatar‚ Kathmandu. According to reports, 15 people locals were injured including three policemen and two officials from the Forest Department.
The leopard was later killed with the help of police. The leopard was said to be on the prowl around Pashupatinath Temple and Gothatar for the past one week and had killed four cows and calves. When locals today heard that the wild cat was hiding in a bamboo grove, they came out of their houses with lathis and iron rods and besieged the area before calling police at around 10:00am.