Man survives being scalped by leopard [India]

Amazing moment a passer-by in Indian city was scalped by a ferocious jungle leopard... and lived to tell the tale
Leopard attacks four people in residential area

A fully grown leopard attacked and injured four people after it strayed into a residential area in the north-east Indian city of Guwahati today. The locals were seriously wounded by the leopard after it ran into a house on the busy Nabagraha Road in a central residential neighbourhood of Silphukhuri.

Eyewitness Nipu Das said: "We were simply shocked and stunned to find the leopard inside the house and soon the cat started attacking." One of the injured was admitted to hospital with injuries to his head and face. The leopard was taken for observation at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati. "We believe the cat strayed into the area from a nearby hillock, maybe in search of food," a forest department official said.

The hills around Guwahati are covered in dense jungle. Large areas of the jungle have been cleared to make way for the construction of houses.