Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Oct 4: A villager was injured while his several sheep were killed when a wild bear attacked them in Nerian area of Sawjian in Mandi Tehsil of Poonch district today.
Official sources said that a man was grazing his sheep at Nerian hamlet in Sawjian area. Suddenly a full grown bear attacked him, and left him seriously injured. The wild beast also killed his half a dozen sheep. The injured man was taken to SDH Mandi and later shifted to District Hospital Poonch after initial treatment.
The victim was identified as Abdul Rehman, son of Faheem Hussain, a resident of Kankote in Mandi. Doctors said that he received facial injuries and on other part of body as well. He has been kept under observation in DH Poonch.
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