Girl killed in Cox’s Bazar wild elephant attack

Cox’s Bazar, June 27 (UNB) - A minor girl was trampled to death by an elephant at Khutakhali area in Chakaria upazila on Wednesday afternoon.

The deceased was identified as Nur Jannat, 11, daughter of Bahadur Haque of Segunbagicha village of the upazila. She was a class four student of a local primary school.

Kutakhali Union Parishad Chairman Mowlana Abdur Rahman confirmed the death adding that the region is a hilly region and most of the people are day labourer there. Attack by wild elephant is a very common incident in the locality.

Eyewitness sources said Jannat and some of her friends went to the forest to bring cows home when a wild elephant attacked them at around 4:30pm, leaving her dead on the spot while others managed to escape the scene.

On information, family members along with the locals rushed in and recovered her body and took her to a private hospital where the doctor declared her dead, sources added.


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