VIDEO: Leopard gets into school, injures six

Six people, including a regional television channel cameraman suffered injuries after a leopard strayed into a school in Bengaluru, India, on Sunday.




According to indianexpress.com, efforts to capture the leopard that strayed into the school lasted for ten hours.

The struggle that began in the morning to capture the leopard ended around 8.15pm when the leopard, which was tranquilised around 5pm, finally collapsed.

Rescuers then moved it to Bannerghatta National Park, a distance of about 30 km from the school.

Residents said it was the first time that the animal was sighted in the area.

DCP Dr. S.Boralingaiah said, “It was a long struggle to capture the leopard. Although it was injected with tranquilisers, it was only captured around 8.15pm when the medication took full effect.”

According to the report, the police said some of the injured persons who suffered injuries while trying to inject the tranquiliser into the leopard were out of danger.