![Kamla Devi spoke to the media from hospital, where she is stable [photo credit: CNN]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ue-1ekbZzPwsqkevjf8WZ5Y0hBbKbzySBXHGjgE_38tJYV3BKVmyy-rlhvPbZ8_t6JLT_Yt01x5GXt6-nwJ6FyRop-XXzFKJocvzQ_AQMI-JopDZITSblyHYoMLQtLnCxHikn0KlYdvzWFiGhuavvqGBD0lHmsr9CcEB62IIc=s0-d)
An Indian woman armed only with farm tools is stable in
hospital after killing a leopard that attacked her. Kamla Devi, 56,
sustained multiple bites, cuts and fractures during the half-hour battle. She
had been fetching water in northern Uttarakhand state when the leopard pounced
on her from nearby bushes – she fought back with a sickle and spade.
“I
thought I was dead but I did not lose patience and courage,” she told reporters
after her lucky escape.
Ms
Devi was carrying water from a canal to her field near the village of Sem Nauti
in Rudraprayag district when she was attacked on Sunday, August 24, 2014. She
said she managed to smash some of the animal’s teeth during the struggle.
“I
fought head on with it for almost half an hour. Then I came to know it was
dead,” she told reporters from hospital in the nearby town of Srinagar Garhwal.
Doctors were surprised she had survived.
“She has two fractures on the right hand
and one on the left. She also has deep injuries on her head and legs. There are
bite marks all over her body,” said Dr. Abdul Rahul, who has been treating her.
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