Tanahun, Oct. 31 -- On Monday evening, seven-year-old Ritik Roka was killed in a leopard attack in Bhanu Municipality in Tanahun. The latest incident takes the number of children killed in leopard attacks to six in the past year and a half.

Roka, the latest victim, was snatched by a leopard from outside his house.

For more than a year, the locals of Bhanu have been living in terror of leopard attacks that have increased with time. As per the data of the Division Forest Office, there are 96 community forests (which cover 5,777 hectares of land) in Bhanu Municipality but the office does not have data on the exact number of leopards that roam the forest areas.

Prem Thapa, a native of Bhanu Municipality Ward No. 1, said that local units an...