Elephant kills journalist

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elephants in a park: between 64 and 69 poisoned to death with cyanide in Zimbabwe

elephants in a park: between 64 and 69 poisoned to death  with cyanide in Zimbabwe
elephants in a park: between 64 and 69 poisoned to death with cyanide in Zimbabwe

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.

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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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