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FIVE PEOPLE HAVE been killed by wild elephants that went on a rampage, triggering panic in a village in eastern India.
Another man was critically injured by the four elephants, who entered the village of Bhatar in West Bengal state on Sunday morning after apparently straying from their herd.
West Bengal forest minister Benoy Krishna Burman said the victims were trampled after angering the elephants by throwing stones to try to scare them off.
The male elephant died when it was hit by a tranquilliser dart fired by forestry officials summoned to help, and the other three – a female and two calves – ran away, Burman said.
Wildlife experts say encounters between humans and elephants are increasing in India’s rural areas due to the destruction of the animals’ habitat.
Last month a wild elephant went on an hours-long rampage in a town in eastern India, damaging about 100 homes, shops and other buildings.
Photos showed the bewildered animal wandering around Siliguri, about 577 kilometres (360 miles) north of Kolkata, crashing into structures, as people scurried out of the way.
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Gardai believe it was the INLA who thought, incorrectly, he had a large sum of cash they could extort. More freedom fighters liberating Ireland one civilian murder at a time.
Charlie. Do you have any evidence to support that statement??
@Ray, it’s called Google. Now this is the best bit: You’ll be brought to newspaper reports that actually quote the Gardai. Hopefully you can find use for such technology in the deep night of your wilful ignorance.
lol Charlie, that shut him up…
Darren, the article you link to specifically states that Gardai don’t think there was any paramilitary involvement in his murder. Perhaps you could change your smug comments and stop using the murder of a man to score your tedious political points
Apologies, Darren, it was your link but Charlie’s smug comments that ground my gears. Won’t happen again, guv!
Ray the dogs on the street in South Kerry know the organisation that was involved
Charlie. Google the free library. Give’s a different slant to your’s .maybe you should read more before you call someone ignorant?
Charlie Wrex! Only people of minimal intelligence believe what’s in google as it’s only Stories from reporters (sometimes freelance)
You are an absolute nut job to even quote google as your point of reference.
So get of your computer you know all and get a life .
Back to school you dope..sorry! TROLL!!
Now if only they’d dig up the garden that Philip Cairns is supposed to be buried in.
Or the land where Mary Boyle disappeared
Awful what happend ro this family as a result of their father’s death.
why not investigate Mary Boyle as well.
There’s too many careers on the line.
Another victim of republican terrorists. It did not take long for the first what about comment to be posted in order to deflect attention away from this particular murder.
Well it didn’t take long for you to pop up even though the Gardai believe it was a criminal gang involving an ex-INLA man and not a paramilitary gang or murder. That’s why this poor man is not included under the remit of the Disappeared Commission. Stop being an oaf, Leo
Better late than never…. Right?
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