India, March 13 -- An 84-year-old bedridden woman was killed while her 60-year-old specially abled son was grievously injured in a stray dog attack at their home in Vellarakkad near Erumapetty in Kerala's Thrissur district.

The elderly woman, who was bedridden for the past few years, was attacked by the solitary stray dog which managed to enter her tile-roofed single storey-home around 6pm on Thursday, former panchayat ward member Abhilash said.

"One of her three sons, who lived nearby, discovered her in an extremely bad condition where her face was completely disfigured in the stray dog attack. She succumbed to injuries before being ferried to the hospital," said the former ward member.

The stray dog is learnt to have entered the home...