Woman dies, 3 injured in attacks by wild animals in JK

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Press Trust of India Jammu
Last Updated : Jul 30 2016 | 2:42 PM IST
A woman was killed and three persons were injured in attacks by wild animals in Kishtwar and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
The woman, identified as Khalida Begum, was attacked by a leopard when she was grazing cattle in Indrawal belt of Kishtwar district yesterday.
Hearing her cries, people rushed to the spot and drove off the feline. The woman died of her injures in hospital, police said.
In another incident, three people were injured in an attack by a wild bear in Hari Bhudda area of Poonch district yesterday, police said, adding all three have been hospitalised.
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First Published: Jul 30 2016 | 2:42 PM IST

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