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Assam: Village Mob Kills Royal Bengal Tiger in India's North East
- A mob of about 1,000 villagers killed an adult male Royal Bengal tiger on Wednesday in a paddy field at Dusutimukh, Bokakhat subdivision, Assam.
- The killing followed weeks of fear as the tiger allegedly attacked livestock and reportedly caused panic in the Golaghat district near Kaziranga National Park.
- Villagers armed with sticks, machetes, spears, and iron rods surrounded and attacked the tiger, mutilating its body and removing skin, legs, ears, and teeth as trophies.
- Divisional forest officer Gunadeep Das stated that the tiger died from stab wounds rather than gunshot injuries and mentioned that approximately a thousand individuals had assembled to hunt the animal.
- The forest department registered a case and began an investigation, while politicians condemned the incident and called for better wildlife emergency preparedness in Assam.
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