India News | Girl Among Four Injured in Bear Attack in J-K's Poonch
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Four people, including a 12-year-old girl, were injured when they were attacked by a wild bear in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Friday, officials said.
Jammu, Oct 7 (PTI) Four people, including a 12-year-old girl, were injured when they were attacked by a wild bear in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Friday, officials said.
The victims were working in their field when a bear ventured from a nearby forest into Chella-Dhangri village in Mandi area and attacked them, they said.
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They said the bear was chased back by the villagers and later the four injured – Saira (12), Anjum Bashir (18), Abdul Majid (32) and Shaheena (30) – were shifted to hospital where their condition was stated to be "stable".
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