Bengaluru, Nov 20 (PTI) Police are probing a suspected case of human sacrifice after a 25-year-old woman was brutally attacked by her mother inside a temple in northeastern Bengaluru.

According to police, the incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon.

The victim suffered deep neck injuries when her 55 year-old mother attacked her with a machete after morning prayers at the Harihareshwara Temple in Agrahara Layout, off Thanisandra Main Road.

She was rushed to a private hospital, where her condition is said to be critical.

According to police, the women reached the temple around 4.30 am on Wednesday, prayed briefly, and then sat down when the attack unfolded.

Her screams alerted passersby, who pulled the mother away before calling police.

“There has been an incident where a woman attack

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