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A COW has come to the aid of a young woman being stabbed to death by her father and uncle in India.

The young woman was attacked near a shelter for women she had been staying at in Hazira, India. The woman had runaway from her family and eloped with a 22-year-old man Sonu, against her parent’s wishes in January, according to police.

Sonu had been arrested and sent to jail in January after her father complained, but that was not enough for her family.

She refused to return home and went to a shelter.

A video shows her father and uncle viciously attacking her, stabbing her multiple times. It is during this vicious attack that a cow nearby attacks the two men, it what appear to be a heroic move by the cow.

media_camera The men flee when the cow attacks them.

The video shows the cow jumping on top of the uncle and father and pushing them away from the young woman. The duo run away after the cow attacks them, but the young girl did not survive the attack.

media_camera Here the cow is on top of the attackers.

Police have said the two accused Kalyan Singh and Lakhan Singh have yet to surrender to authorities.

Originally published as Cow tries to save woman from stabbing