MALANGWA, FEBRUARY 22
A jackal attack at several locations in Bishnu Rural Municipality in Sarlahi district injured a dozen persons.
At the crack of dawn, the Fox entered the human settlement from the nearby forest and attacked the residents.
Bilat Chaudhary, 65, Shankar Chaudhary, 72, Bhagya Narayan Ray, 54, Pramesh Chaudhary, 25, Ranjana Kumari Shah, 28, and her five-year-old son Anamol Shah from Madhuban Goth in Bishnu-4 were injured in the attack.
Similarly, Ram Babu Ray,35, Ramananda Prasad Yadav, 58, Gharilal Thakur, 50, Mahendra Baitha,60, Subash Baitha,6, and Samjhadevi Jha of Bishnu-2 were also injured in the attack, according to the District Police Office, Sarlahi.
Among the injured, nine have received deep injury and they have been sent to Teku-based Hospital while remaining others are undergoing treatment at a hospital at Malangwa in Sarlahi district.
The 'immunoglobulin vaccine' that is administered to those beaten by the jackal is only available in Kathmandu.
The locals were terrorized when the jackal rampaged in the village today. Police said that many of the injured ones are yet to arrive health facility for treatment.