Wild tusker tramples man to death at Kuttampuzha in Kerala’s Kothamangalam
A wild elephant trampled a 40-year-old man to death at Knachary in Kuttampuzha near Kothamangalam in Kerala’s Ernakulam district on Monday night.
A wild elephant trampled a 40-year-old man to death at Knachary in Kuttampuzha near Kothamangalam in Kerala’s Ernakulam district on Monday night.
The elephant depredation occurred on Saturday night in Munda Sahi village as a herd of elephants pulled down a mud-walled house and later tossed a 12-year-old boy and a three-year-old baby girl in the air. Later they trampled them to death, said officials.
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