The Rising Nepal
December 5, 2007
LAHAN, Dec. 4: Five persons were killed and a woman was injured in an attack by a mad wild elephant in Siraha, Saptari and Udayapur districts.
Ram Kripal Mochi,45, Tulai Mahato,45, and Manbir Yadav,55, were killed by the elephant in a place called Ekartiya Haripur of Taregana Govindapur VDC of Siraha district while the same elephant killed one person each in Manpur of Saptari and Hadiya of Udayapur. Their identity is not known.
Likewise, Malwa Paswan,55, of Laxmipur-5, Siraha was injured when she was attacked by the elephant at around 8:00 PM.
The insane elephant is said to have covered 70 kilometers area from Udayapur to Siraha and destroyed dozens of houses.
The insane elephant has been chased away towards the jungle in Govindapur while the authorities at the Chitawan National Park and Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve have been contacted to bring the wild animal into control.
To read the full story click on the blog title
No comments:
Post a Comment