West Bengal
Foxes attack village in Bengal's Malda dist, 38 injured
Malda/IBNS: A sudden attack by a skulk of foxes have left at least 38 people injured in West Bengal's Malda district, media reports said.
A skulk of 15-20 foxes attacked several houses in Hardam Nagar village in the Harishchandrapur police station area at the break of dawn on Thursday, PTI reported.
At least 40 people were injured as the attack was sudden, the report said, adding that twenty of them were critically injured and are receiving treatment in hospital.
The irate villagers beat two foxes to death while the rest managed to escape.
"Total 38 people were injured in the attack by the foxes. All of them are being treated at Harishchandrapur Rural Hospital," Harishchandrapur 2 Block Development Officer Bijoy Giri was quoted as saying by PTI.
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