Elephant kills child in Satkhira
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Published: 05:38, 21 June 2018
Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Satkhira Correspondent: A child was trampled to death by an elephant in the district’s Tala upazila on Thursday morning.
The deceased was identified as Jiad Hossain, 12, was the son of Hasan Gazi at Gongarampur.
According to locals, Jiad was standing with other people at about 8.00am to see the elephant which was tied up with Gongarampur Panka Bridge.
Suddenly, the elephant squeezed the child with its trunk and trampled him to death.
Tala Thana OC Mehedi Rassel said Mahout managed to flee the scene.
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