A 10-year-old girl was killed in a leopard attack here, a police officer said on Saturday.

The incident occurred in Kandra Wali village of Nagina Dehat area on Friday night when Gudiya, who was staying on her family's farm, came out to fetch milk, Circle Officer (Nagina) Anjani Kumar Chaturvedi said.

She was attacked by the leopard that dragged her to the sugarcane field. When her family raised alarm, the animal ran away, but the child died on the spot.

The body has been sent for post-mortem, Circle officer (Nagina) Anjani Kumar Chaturvedi said.

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