ABBOTTABAD, July 15: Personnel of the wildlife department shot dead another leopard in Aliabad village near Donga Gali late on Saturday night. Syed Safdar Ali Shah, DFO wildlife department, told journalists that the entire Galyat belt, including Thandiyani, had been divided into sectors to hunt down the predators, which had so far killed six women.

A team comprising two experts and two wildlife officials lured the cat into a forest area and sprayed it with bullets. The animal also attacked the officials before it was shot dead.

Earlier, police commandos had shot dead a leopard near Bakot on July 11 where a woman had been killed by the beast.

The DFO said that the wildlife department had placed cages at different parts of Galyat to lure the animals, which were blamed for fatal attacks on women.

He said that it was a female leopard of two years age.—Rashid Javed