A woman was attacked with a machete inside a temple in Karnataka's Kolar
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A woman was attacked inside a Karnataka temple with a machete
The police say the attacker was a 24-year-old engineer
He planned the attack because of an old family dispute, police said
Kumari, the administrator of the Kotilingeshwari temple, survived the attack on Sunday night with a head wound and deep cuts on an arm. The temple is in Kolar, around 70 km from state capital Bengaluru.
The police say the attacker is 24-year-old Santhosh, an engineer who lives in the same village as Kumari. He is seen attacking Kumari from the back while she is standing in a corridor.
Santhosh has been arrested. The police suspect he planned the attack on Kumari because of an old dispute between their families.
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