A meditating Buddhist monk has been killed by a leopard in a protected forest for the big cats, Indian police said.
It is the fifth such attack in the area this month.
Rahul Walke Bodhi was seated beneath a tree in Ramdegi forest in western India for morning prayers on Tuesday when the leopard pounced.
The 35-year-old monk suffered fatal injuries, police in Maharashtra state said.
Two other devotees meditating with him at the time escaped unscathed to alert police.
Continued:
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2018/1213/1016911-monk-killed-in-leopard-attack/
It is the fifth such attack in the area this month.
Rahul Walke Bodhi was seated beneath a tree in Ramdegi forest in western India for morning prayers on Tuesday when the leopard pounced.
The 35-year-old monk suffered fatal injuries, police in Maharashtra state said.
Two other devotees meditating with him at the time escaped unscathed to alert police.
Continued:
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2018/1213/1016911-monk-killed-in-leopard-attack/
Last edited by a moderator: