India, Sept. 7 -- A woman was attacked by a stray dog inside the premises of a court in Karnataka on Saturday, September 6, and suffered serious injuries on her face, police said.

The incident happened at Gubbi Court in Karnataka's Tumakuru district while the victim had come to the court in connection with a case pertaining to family dispute, reported NDTV.

The victim, identified as 35-year-old Gangubai, is a resident of Tiptur taluk's Beerasandra village.

The horrific incident happened as Gangubai came out of a washroom and the dog attacked her brutally, catching her unawares, said witnesses. The dog reportedly bit the woman on her face and kept pouncing on her even as she tried to escape and protect herself, the report added.

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