Six injured in tiger attack

NAGAON (Assam): At least six persons were injured on Tuesday when they were attacked by a tiger in Assam's Nagaon district, official sources said.

The tiger pounced on the six persons at Gormukh Tengajan village, under Kampur police station, as they were going to pray at a mosque around 4.30am, the sources said.

The injured, aged between 30 and 35 years were admitted to the Nagaon Civil Hospital. The condition of two of them was stated to be serious.

Forest officials have rushed to the site and were keeping a watch on the tiger that was spotted by the local people after the incident, the sources added.