Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Rhino rampage in Nepal city one dies several injured


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(MENAFN- Arab News) KATMANDU: A wild rhino rampaged through a town in central Nepal on Monday killing a woman injuring several others and chasing panicked people through the main market and a hospital an official said.
It had wandered off a wildlife reserve police said.
Attempts to force the rhino out of Hetauda city by honking car horns and beating drums were unsuccessful with the animal running from one area to another government administrator Ram Prasad Thapaliya said. Teams with tranquilizer guns were on their way to attempt to capture it he said.
Thapaliya said the rhino gored down a 61-year-old woman on the outskirts of Hetauda a city of about 135000 people that borders a forested area. An unknown number of people were injured he said.
It chased people around the main downtown market and the city bus station he said. 'The whole town is terrorized by this animal. It even entered the local hospital forcing terrified people to jump over the fences' Thapaliya said.


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