India puts killer lions on trial

Officials in India have "arrested" 18 lions as they try to find a man eater suspected of killing three people.

Forest officials in Gujarat state will test the lions' prints and excrement in an attempt to identify the killer.

The "guilty lion" will be kept in a zoo for life while the others will be released back into the Gir sanctuary, the officials told BBC Hindi. Six attacks on humans have been reported recently near the sanctuary, the only habitat of the Asiatic lion.

 Gir sanctuary accommodates 270 lions, forcing some prides to settle outside the boundaries of the sanctuary.