Jackals create panic in Handwara villages

Our Correspondent

Handwara, January 11

The increasing number of jackals in Kulangam and a few adjoining villages in frontier Kupwara district has created fear among the residents.

Five persons, including three women, have been injured in attacks by jackals in the past three days. The injured have been identified as Hajra Begum, Abdul Hamid, Fahmeeda, Razia Akther and Bashir Ahmad. They are undergoing treatment at District Hospital, Handwara.

“I had come out of my house to attend the nature’s call when a jackal attacked me. Thankfully, I received injuries in my legs and not on any vital organ,” said Abdul Hamid, a resident of Kulangam.

Locals said after the sunset, jackals enter residential areas and pose a threat to humans and livestock.