Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 -- Post-mortem examination conducted on Friday of the stray dog that allegedly fatally attacked an 84-year-old bedridden woman in Kerala's Thrissur district has revealed that it was rabies-infected, police said.

The elderly woman was killed and her 60-year-old differently-abled son was grievously injured in a stray dog attack at their home in Vellarakkad near Erumapetty on Thursday.

According to police, the dog was later caught and beaten to death by the locals later that night.The dog's carcass was examined by veterinarians, after which it was confirmed that the animal was rabies-infected, police said.

Police said that apart from the woman and her son, the dog also attacked three people in the vicinity, an...