COIMBATORE: A 25-year-old youth was injured in a leopard attack in the premises of a private school in Kotagiri on Tuesday night.

The victim, Bahadur, a native of Nepal, is the son of Janak, a security guard at the institution, who resides with his family in accommodation provided within the campus.

Bahadur, employed in a software firm in Bangalore, was working from home in Kotagiri.

“He had stepped out of his house at night when he spotted a leopard attempting to hunt a pet dog on the campus.