According to Punch, A
journalist was trampled to death after a herd of wild elephants invaded a
village in North-Central Sri Lanka, police said on Tuesday.
Priyantha
Ratnayaka, a videographer, was stomped by one elephant while wildlife
officials were trying to drive the herd away from the village, about 190
kilometres North-East of Colombo.
The area is a popular tourist destination where foreigners gather to watch elephants.
More than
70 people were killed in elephant attacks in Sri Lanka in 2015 and about
150 elephants were killed during that time, mostly by poisoning or
shooting by farmers.
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