Woman impaled by steel rod after plummeting 22 feet during monkey attack

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Incredible footage and photos show 20-year-old Khatija lying in a hospital bed with the pole still through her body, after her family managed to cut her free

A woman has been impaled with a steel rod right through her body after she fell more than 20ft as she tried to escape a monkey attacking her.

Incredible footage and photos show 20-year-old Khatija lying in a hospital bed with the pole still through her body, after her family managed to cut her free from where she fell.

The freak accident occurred as she stood on a roof area in her home town of Azamgarh, in Uttar Pradesh, India when she was reportedly accosted by a group of monkeys.

While attempting to fight the animals, she fell off the roof and plummeted 22 feet onto a bar-lined boundary wall, where one of the sharp rods pierced her stomach and back like a human kebab.

Khatija was left there for more than an hour before getting discovered by family members, who attempted to cut their impaled relative free.

They managed to separate her from the wall, and left the other half of the rod in her body, while she was rushed to hospital.

She was taken into emergency surgery and doctors were able to remove the bar.

They say that Khatija remains "out of danger at this time," according to the presiding surgeon, Dr Shishir Jaiswal.

However, it's remains unclear if she will make a full recovery.

Officials also have yet to confirm if the patient fell due to an altercation with angry monkeys, although aggressive macaques have been responsible for frequent attacks throughout India.

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