At least 12 people, including five children, were injured after being attacked by a pack of jackals in two villages in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit district.
According to the locals, the jackals first attacked children in Suswar and Pansoli villages in Jahanabad area when they were playing outside their homes, and when some elderly people rushed to protect the children, the wild animal also attacked them.
After the attack, all 12 people were admitted to Jahanabad’s Community Health Centre (CHC), where they were receiving necessary treatment.
Enraged by the attack from the jackals, the locals then kill one of them.
Upon receiving an alert about the jackal attacks, a team from the local administration and forest department rushed to the spot and started an investigation into the incident.
The attack by jackals in Pilibhit came at a time when wolf attacks in neighbouring Bahraich district have killed a total of 10 people, including several children.
About 36 people, including women, children and the elderly have also been injured in wolf attacks in Bahraich.
Speaking about the attacks by a pack of jackals, Pilibhit’s District Forest Officer (DFO) Manish Singh said some villagers earlier claimed that the attack was done by a pack of wolves but it was later confirmed that a jackal was behind it.
