Grandmother survives 'fight to the death' with leopard

The 'brave' rice farmer managed to break the leopard's teeth and kill it after a half-hour struggle

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A grandmother from a rural village in northern India has survived a leopard attack after defending herself with farm tools.

Kamla Negi, the 56-year old rice farmer from the state of Uttarakhand was returning from collecting water when she was attacked by the wild animal. "It pounced on me suddenly from the front," Negi told the Wall Street Journal. "Its claws and teeth were on my throat. I could hear it breathing."

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