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Shocking! Five-year-old boy playing with cubs, mauled, eaten by lioness
Updated On: 05 February, 2020 11:32 AM IST | Rajkot | mid-day online correspondent
According to the forest officials, the lioness grabbed the boy by his neck and ran for nearly three km while being chased by his parents
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Rajkot: A five-year-old boy was mauled and killed by a lioness in the Ucchaiya farm in Amreli district of Gujarat after he was playing with her cubs. According to the forest officials, the lioness grabbed the child, identified as Kishore Devpujak, by his neck for nearly three km and was chased by his parents, The Times of India reported.
The incident happened on early Tuesday morning between 4 am to 5 am when the boy, staying with his parents in an open hut, woke up to the growling sounds of the lion cubs when he stepped out of the house and started playing with them, without realizing that their mother was close by. The lioness then pounced on him and ferociously attacked him.
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