Mountain lion attacks girl, 9, playing hide-and-seek

Child in Washington state praised for bravery after suffering serious wounds to head and upper body

A mountain lion attacked a nine-year-old girl who was playing hide-and-seek at a church camp in Washington state, seriously wounding her and sending her friends running in fear.

Lily A Kryzhanivskyy and two other children were playing in the woods on Saturday at the camp near the small town of Fruitland, north-west of Spokane. Lily jumped out to surprise her friends when the lion attacked, the Washington department of fish and wildlife said.