Leopard injures 3 in south Indian school

After an hours-long chase, forest workers finally shot the big cat with a tranquiliser dart on Sunday.

An Indian man with a tranquiliser gun looks on as a leopard attacks wildlife conservationist Sanjay Gubbi at a private school on the outskirts of Bangalore on February 7, 2016. The animal reportedly iShow more

BANGALORE // Three people were injured when a leopard wandered into a school in southern India and attacked them as it tried to escape.

Onlookers including TV news crews watched the chase, which lasted several hours until forest workers shot the big cat with a tranquiliser dart on Sunday afternoon, according to Press Trust of India news agency.

The agency quoted school officials as saying the leopard was first seen on closed-circuit TV before dawn inside the private Vibgyor School in Bangalore, and then disappeared into some surrounding bushes.

The big cat later scaled a wall to re-enter the school grounds. It attacked and injured three people including a veterinarian and a man who was trying to climb over a gate to get away, the agency said.

Police said the three are being treated in a hospital.

* Associated Press