[FEL-L] Asia - Woman beats tiger with oar to save husband

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Dhaka - A woman armed with only a row boat oar battled a Royal Bengal tiger 
in south-west Bangladesh to save her husband from the attacking animal, police 
said on Monday.

Nazma Akhter, 18, and her husband Anwarul Islam, 25, were fishing for shrimp 
on Sunday in a canal on the fringes of the Sunderbans forest when the big cat 
pounced, said district police chief ASM Jahid.

"The tiger bit the man's knee and was dragging him into the forest, but his 
wife Nazma frantically beat it back with an oar from their boat," he said.

Using the oar, Akhter kept the tiger at bay for around ten minutes before it 
abandoned her husband and disappeared back into the forest, he said.

Police and forest officials said the incident followed fatal tiger attacks 
last week on two women in the area.

Islam was recovering in hospital on Monday and his injuries were not 
considered life threatening.

Tigers each year kill around 20 people in Bangladesh, mostly fishermen and 
honey and wood collectors, who work in the 5 800km² Sunderbans forest, the 
world's biggest mangrove jungle. - Sapa-AFP 

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