Photo can be fake also. You mention that this is International News, I google for a while, other than a few unknown media and china media, no major media report this.
I don't want to speculate, it might be true also but if you think about this, this happen in the west, I am surprise that this woman don't sue Apple, afterall in the west when such thing happen the company will always get sue
If there a law suit then it will be a big news as it impact the Apple stock price. If this happen I really doubt then the woman won't sue Apple as in the west most likely she will win million from the case, base on past record, like the case that coffee is too hot and customer complain getting burn. Kid fall in the fast food chain and parents sue the fast food chain citing that their chair design is dangerous.