Lakhimpur Kheri, July 23 -- A 45-year woman, Raj Kumari, a resident of Prem Nagar village, was attacked and killed by a leopard in the Jungle Matera beat of Dhaurahra forest range, in the Dudhwa buffer zone, on Wednesday.

Prem Nagar is located across the Ghaghra in Dhaurahra tehsil but falls under Murtiha police limits of Bahraich district, in close proximity of Katarniaghat (Bahraich) forests.

Raj Kumari had gone to the fields to collect fodder for her cattle near Jungle Matera beat forests on Wednesday morning. While she was cutting grass, a leopard hiding in the nearby fields attacked her.

The attack was so sudden and severe that the victim died on the spot with deep injuries to her head and face.

Other villagers in the neighbourin...