Nepal Rhino Attack: One Dead, Six Injured, Town Went On Chaos [PHOTOS + VIDEO]

Nepal Rhino Attack - A rhinoceros wandering off a wildlife reserve went on a rampage throughout the town of Hetuada in southern Nepal Monday. The Nepal Rhino incident has left one woman dead and another six injured, said police.

According to a local police official, the Nepal Rhino attack occurred as the animal travelled some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the unfenced reserve to the town Hetuada, chasing down horrified pedestrians as well as vehicles.

"The rhino hit and killed one 61-year-old woman, and injured six others," said Shishu Sharma, a Makwanpur police spokesperson.

A cow was also injured during the Nepal Rhino attack, according to ABC.

It is said that the rhino went to a local market, a bus station, and even a hospital while in Hetuada, reports the Washington Post.

According to Sharma, the animal appeared to have calmed down and it is now resting behind a hospital in Hetauda town after the traumatizing Nepal Rhino incident.

"We have contacted technicians to see if we can sedate the rhino. Our focus is to rescue it," said Sharma.

During the Nepal Rhino attack, authorities also called in trained elephants to try and corner the rhino to guide it back to the Parsa Wildlife Reserve, 60 kilometres (35 miles) southwest of the capital Kathmandu, according to the AFP.

Deforestation has been one of the main reasons why wildlife tend to wander into nearby villages. Experts also said that rhinos rarely kill people. However, they can become unpredictable when threatened.

Nepal is home to 534 rhinos and has twice been recognised by conservation experts for having no poaching incidents with tigers or rhinos for a full year.

Though there were thousands of one-horned rhinos roaming Nepal in the past, their numbers have drastically plunged in the past century because of poaching as well as habitat loss by humans.

The animals are also killed for their horns, believed to possess medicinal qualities in China and Southeast Asia. Rhinos are now an endangered species.

The recent Nepal Rhino attack has been caught on camera several social media users.

Rhino on the Run in Hetauda Video provided by Kishan Poudel from Hetauda. #WildLife @kashishds pic.twitter.com/OqTCqYUxFu — Sahadev Poudel (@Sahadevision) March 30, 2015