Sri Lanka elephant kills two
near Buddhism's holiest tree
The elephant ran past President Mahinda Rajapakse's official residence in Anuradhapura at dawn before crushing a cyclist and a bystander near the holy tree, the Sri Maha Bodi. — AFP pic
COLOMBO, Nov 27, 2014:
A wild elephant stormed into a crowded pilgrimage town in Sri Lanka on Wednesday and trampled two men to death near Buddhism’s most sacred tree, a resident and police said. Wildlife authorities fired tranquiliser darts to try to subdue the rampaging animal in the town of Anuradhapura, 200km north of the capital, police said. The elephant ran past President Mahinda Rajapakse’s official residence in Anuradhapura at dawn before crushing a cyclist and a bystander near the holy tree, the Sri Maha Bodi. “It is very unusual for an wild elephant to go to town like this,” a local resident told AFP. “The last time we saw something like this was when a tusker came to the town in 2001 but it did not kill anyone, unlike this time.”
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near Buddhism's holiest tree
The elephant ran past President Mahinda Rajapakse's official residence in Anuradhapura at dawn before crushing a cyclist and a bystander near the holy tree, the Sri Maha Bodi. — AFP pic
COLOMBO, Nov 27, 2014:
A wild elephant stormed into a crowded pilgrimage town in Sri Lanka on Wednesday and trampled two men to death near Buddhism’s most sacred tree, a resident and police said. Wildlife authorities fired tranquiliser darts to try to subdue the rampaging animal in the town of Anuradhapura, 200km north of the capital, police said. The elephant ran past President Mahinda Rajapakse’s official residence in Anuradhapura at dawn before crushing a cyclist and a bystander near the holy tree, the Sri Maha Bodi. “It is very unusual for an wild elephant to go to town like this,” a local resident told AFP. “The last time we saw something like this was when a tusker came to the town in 2001 but it did not kill anyone, unlike this time.”
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