Three hikers have been rescued after falling down a cliff while being attacked by a mountain GOAT.
One of the victims – a 64-year-old woman – fell 20m (66ft) and broke both her wrists.
She ended up trapped on a cliff ledge about 50m (164ft) from a gorge below.
The same male ibex, a type of wild goat, then attacked two Belgian hikers in the same area.
The attacks took place in the village of Trevélez, east of Malaga, Spain, on 29 May.
The woman was Dutch and the two other hikers were from Belgium.
The Civil Guard’s Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group was able to locate the two Belgian hikers with the help of a local shepherd.
Both hikers sustained injuries and one of them was found unconscious.
The authorities were able to rescue the pair in a helicopter before colleagues went to assist the injured Dutch woman, who had started to show signs of hypothermia.
However, due to the weather conditions at the time, the rescue team decided to shelter the woman in an abandoned farmhouse overnight before flying her to hospital the next morning.
A horse was used in the rescue and the woman was given hot drinks and food before being flown to the San Cecilio University Hospital, in Granada.
Local farmers said ibexes are known to attack humans when they feel threatened or cornered.
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