Jammu, Jun 1 (PTI) A woman was injured after a bear attacked her near her house close to a forested area in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, officials said.

Hajra Begum, a resident of Void Drubel in Chatroo, was attacked on Sunday evening. She was saved by locals and later hospitalised, they said.

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She has suffered critical injuries, the officials said.

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