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A five-year-old lad was killed aft being attacked by a lioness successful Gujarat’s Amreli district, a wood authoritative said connected Wednesday (March 11, 2026).
The incidental occurred connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026) evening successful Manavav colony successful Dhari taluka erstwhile the carnal attacked the child, the lad of a workplace labourer from Madhya Pradesh, adjacent a settlement.
Forest section officials said villagers raised an alarm connected seeing the attack, prompting the lioness to wantonness the injured kid and fly into the surrounding area.
The severely injured lad was taken to a adjacent hospital, wherever doctors declared him dead.
Forest officials launched a hunt cognition and deployed 3 teams to way the animal. The lioness was aboriginal captured successful a cage precocious connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026) night, a wood authoritative said.
Gujarat is the lone earthy situation of the Asiatic lion. According to the 2025 lion census conducted successful May, the large cats person expanded their beingness beyond the Gir National Park into 11 districts of the Saurashtra region, including Amreli, with respective sightings reported successful non-forested and coastal areas.
