Srinagar, August 29: Three women were seriously injured in two separate incidents of attacks by wild animals in Kupwara and Baramulla districts of north Kashmir, police said. A bear attacked and injured two women in Kupwara while another was attacked by a leopard in Uri in Baramulla this morning, police said.
Rafiqa and Hafiza Begum, residents of Rashanpora village in Kupwara, 90 kms from here, had gone to jungle to collect firewood when they were attacked by the bear. The two were seriously injured in the incident and have been admitted to a hospital, police said.
In Uri, Kismat Bi was attacked by the leopard outside her house, they said.
—PTI—