100 elephants lay siege to Assam town

Indo Asian News Service
December 19, 2006
Guwahati, Dec 19 (IANS) A herd of about 100 wild elephants Tuesday went on a rampage in a town in the northeastern state of Assam, seriously injuring two people and damaging many houses and shops.
A police spokesman said the elephant herd went berserk in the town of Hojai in Nagaon district, about 180 km east of Assam's main city of Guwahati.
'The herd consisting of about 100 elephants marched through the main streets and alleys and damaged whatever came in their way - from houses to roadside shops- and also injured two people who were caught unawares,' police official A. Das told IANS by telephone from Hojai.
'The entire town was under complete siege and the elephants virtually held everybody hostage.' The injured were shifted to a hospital with fractured limbs.

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