Tiger claims 37th victim

KATHMANDU - A ferocious man-eating tiger has claimed its 37th victim in Nepal, a four-year-old boy in Kulau village in Baitadi…

KATHMANDU - A ferocious man-eating tiger has claimed its 37th victim in Nepal, a four-year-old boy in Kulau village in Baitadi district, 415 kilometres west of here, the RSS news agency reported yesterday.

The latest victim, identified as Sher Singh Saud, was playing outside his house when the tiger attacked and dragged him to a nearby jungle, the state-run agency said.

The tiger has been terrorising six villages in the Baitadi district since April last year.

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