In the footage the big cat can be seen charging out of a building and pouncing on a man in white shirt before dashing away
In the footage the big cat can be seen charging out of a building and pouncing on a man in white shirt before dashing away
An Indian village was plunged into fear when a runaway leopard attacked and injured 10 people.

Dramatic footage caught the moment the beast mauled two men as it ran through a courtyard.

The big cat reportedly emerged from the fields in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and entered a house where it savagely tried to drag away a 3-year-old child sitting in his uncle's lap.

Thankfully the man, known as Suraj, managed to hold onto the tot and raised the alarm, although the child sustained severe injuries from the mauling.

The animal fled to a neighbouring village where it hid in a heap of husk in a house and attacked two unsuspecting women.


It's said villagers barricaded themselves inside their houses while the leopard went on the rampage in the area.

10 people in total were injured, including two policemen, before being angrily attacked by a furious mob - some of whom can be seen armed with sticks in the video.

According to Forest department officials the animal died of cardiac arrest.