A 52-year-old woman, Bushra, was fatally injured after a wild elephant attacked her and her son near the Bhavani river in Attappady (a tribal highland region in Palakkad district, Kerala), on Tuesday evening. The elephant had crossed the river from the Cheerakkadavu side when it attacked the pair; Bushra sustained severe head injuries and later died in hospital. Human-wildlife conflict remains a serious and recurring concern in Kerala's forested regions, where encounters between villagers and wild elephants frequently turn deadly.