At least six people in Bangalore, India, were injured while attempting to capture a male leopard that entered a local school on Sunday.
In a nearly 10-hour long effort to corner the dangerous animal, the leopard mauled a scientist along with five others before being eventually tranquilised, BBC reported.
The eight-year-old male leopard was spotted, in CCTV footage, strolling inside the Vibgyor International School in the capital city of India’s southern Karnataka state. The video also showed him attacking a man near a swimming pool.
Conservation scientist Sanjay Gubbi and forest department employee Benny Maurius were injured as they tried to corner the animal, reports said.
“It was a long struggle to capture the leopard. Although it was injected with tranquilisers it could be captured only around 20.15 local time when the medication took full effect,” senior police official S Boralingaiah said.
Wildlife official Ravi Ralph said the leopard possibly strayed into the school from a patch of forest not far from the school.
Meanwhile, the captured animal has been moved to a national park and the six victims, including a cameraman from a local TV channel, have been treated for minor injuries.