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Rampaging elephant kills three in India
A rampaging elephant has trampled to death three people after a drunken man teased it at a Hindu festival in southern India, police said.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:47 April 24, 2008
Thiruvananthapuram: A rampaging elephant has trampled to death three people after a drunken man teased it at a Hindu festival in southern India, police said.
The male elephant went berserk in a town in Kerala state and destroyed a temple's theatre and tower, as hundreds of people ran in fear.
Indian television channels showed pictures of the elephant repeatedly trampling the man, hurling another with its trunk and attacking other elephants.
Forest officials rushed to the spot and fired tranquilisers to calm the elephant.
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