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Uttar Pradesh: The child-killing wolves sparking panic in India

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Four-year-old Sandhya was killed by wolves in Bahraich , Uttar Pradesh , India .

Nine children and an adult have been carried off and killed by the wolves.

Such attacks on humans are extremely rare and most involve wolves infected with rabies, a viral disease that affects the central nervous system.

The current wolf attacks are possibly the fourth such wave in four decades .

The 1996 wolf attacks took place in villages near riverbanks, surrounded by rice and sugarcane farms and swampy groves.

Villagers have reported seeing a group of five to six wolves in their fields during the day .

The mother of eight-year-old Utkarsh saw a single wolf entering her home and attacking her son.

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