Four of a family trampled by elephants

Indo Asian News Service

Guwahati, Nov 19 (IANS)

Four members of a family, including an infant, were trampled to death Sunday by wild Asiatic elephants in Assam, the latest in a series of attacks on human beings, wildlife officials said.

A forest official said a herd of about seven elephants entered village Borbhugia in Sonitpur district, about 270 km north from here.

'The elephants after entering the village tore apart a hut and killed the entire family of four who were sleeping. The dead include a seven month old baby boy,' Chandan Bora, a wildlife warden, told IANS over telephone.

The official said villagers came out in large numbers on hearing the family shouting for help. 'By the time the villagers could react, the herd trampled the entire family and ransacked the hut,' Bora said.

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