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Stray leopard attacks four men in West Pokot village

Four men are nursing serious injuries after a stray leopard attacked them on Monday evening in Kalapochoni Village, along River Kaipon, in Poole Sub-Location, Riwo Ward, West Pokot County. (Photo/Irissheel Shanzu]

Four men are nursing serious injuries after a stray leopard attacked them on Monday evening in Kalapochoni Village, along the River Kaipon, in Poole Sub-Location, Riwo Ward, West Pokot County.

The victims - all sand harvesters - were going about their work when the wild animal emerged from nearby thickets and pounced on them without warning.

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