Brit hiker rushed to hospital after being attacked by YAK whose horn went ‘through her leg’ near Mount Everest

A BRITISH hiker was left seriously injured after being attacked by a yak while she was climbing Mount Everest.

Emma Keen had to be airlifted to hospital after the yak’s horn went through her leg leaving her with a three-inch cut.

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The Brit who was on a mission to climb Everest in a bid to raise funds for charity was attacked by the animal on the fourth day of the trek.

Emma told Wales Online: “I was speaking to my brother and his wife and their son Bobi showing them the yak on FaceTime.I was around two metres away from him.

“Without warning I could hear the hoofs pounding towards me, a sharp stabbing pain in the top of my leg.

“It threw me up in the air around a metre and I landed back down with a thud. Clutching my upper leg I looked and the yak was dragging its hoof in the dusty ground ready to go at me for a second time with his horns down.

“I screamed and managed to raise my leg and shout. With that I got up and [fellow team member] Lloyd went for help.

“I was then airlifted to hospital where the medical staff cleaned my wound and stitched me up.”

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