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A wild elephant attacks a vehicle on a street in Mysore, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Press Association Images

Elephants rampage through Indian city, killing at least one

Two wild elephants caused havoc when they rampaged through a southern Indian city today, killing at least one man.

TWO WILD ELEPHANTS have gone on a rampage through the southern Indian city of Mysore, killing at least one person.

Officials from the state of Karnataka say that the animals wandered into the city centre from a forest about 35km away and began to wreak havoc, the BBC reports.

One 55-year-old man was trampled to death during the commotion. Several others were injured, the Telegraph reports.

Forest rangers managed to tranquilise the two elephants, but a further two are still believed to be at large on the outskirts of the city.

One official said that the animals had come to the city in search of food and shelter because of unregulated human encroachment into their natural habitat, AFP reports.

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    Jul 21st 2015, 12:47 PM

    The picture for this article is ridiculous!

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    Jul 21st 2015, 1:07 PM

    Agreed. Poor form.

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    Jul 21st 2015, 2:08 PM

    just in case you thought she was hit with mc hammer

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    Jul 21st 2015, 2:24 PM

    Ridiculous is right. Everyone knows you hold a hammer by the base of it if you wanna give someone a decent puck of it.

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    Jul 21st 2015, 2:37 PM

    Absolutely

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    Jul 21st 2015, 3:34 PM

    It looks like something from, Four Pictures One Word.

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    Jul 21st 2015, 12:48 PM

    Seriously, a picture of a hammer?

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    Jul 21st 2015, 1:06 PM

    Thanks for showing us what a hammer looks like Journal. It cleared up a lot of confusion.

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    A rangers shirt?

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    Jul 21st 2015, 12:30 PM

    They always manage to push the envelope of criminal behaviour just that bit further in Belfast.

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    Jul 21st 2015, 1:16 PM

    Now that you say it.. I’ve never heard of anyone being injured in any type of robbery in Dublin..

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    Jul 21st 2015, 1:46 PM

    It’s jut unfortunate that mostly only bad news makes its way south of the border.

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    Jul 21st 2015, 12:47 PM

    Tramp! Hope he’s banged up for a long time

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    Jul 21st 2015, 3:42 PM

    That mutht have been Thor…

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    Hope the young girl wasn’t battered to much in that plaice. (Hope she’s well)

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    Jul 21st 2015, 3:56 PM

    Grand so, Ill keep an eye out for a lumberjack wielding a lump hammer on my way home…

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