CHITTAGONG: A herd of wild elephants rampaged through a village in southern Bangladesh on Thursday, killing five members of a family, police and witnesses said.
Two children were among those trampled to death by the herd of about 10 elephants in Jangalgunagari village, 350 km (220 miles) southeast of the capital Dhaka, a witness said. The elephants also destroyed five bamboo huts and damaged crops before they were chased away by police firing blank shots. Villagers also torched bushes and lit firecrackers to scare the animals away. |