9-yr-old girl injured in elephant attack

: A nine-year old girl was attacked by an elephant at Iruttupallam on the outskirts today, but suffered only minor injuries, police said.
Devika, a fourth standard student, had gone to answer nature's call early today when the pachyderm appeared from the nearby forest and attacked her.
As she was trying to escape, the elephant hit her with its trunk and she fell to the ground.
However, she managed to get up and run to safety from the elephant, which ran back to jungles, after the villagers raised an alarm.
The girl has been admitted to the government hospital here, police said.