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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Wild elephant kills woman in Bandarban

BANDARBAN, June 4: A woman was killed in an attack by a wild elephant in Lama Upazila of the district on Saturday midnight.
The decease was identified as Sakera Begum Pakhi,45, a resident of Paglir Aga, a remote area under Fasiakhali union.
Pakhi's husband was killed in a similar attack by wild elephants 12 years ago.
Quoting local people, police said a wild elephant trampled Pakhi when she came out of her house responding to the call of nature.
Police recovered the body on Sunday morning.


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