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Tea worker killed in Chattogram wild elephant attack

Wildlife 2022-09-28, 12:52pm

Elephant - mother and calf. Tontan Travel. Creative Commons.



Chattogram, Sept 28 -- A tea worker was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Satkania Upazila of Chattogram district on Tuesday evening.

The tragedy occurred around 7 pm in the Durduri area of Charati union of the Upazila.

"Fatema Begum, wife of Selim Uddin of Notun Para area of the union, was attacked by the wild elephant while she was returning home from work," said Tarek Mohammad Abdul Hannan, officer-in-charge of Satkania police station. "She died on the spot." - UNB