Disaster● ElevatedAug 9 · Aug 9, 2026, 3:06 AM
Elephant kills mahout in Konni
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hindu
The incident occurred when the deceased approached Priyadarshini, an elephant at the camp, to apply medicine and change the dressing on a wound on its trunk. The elephant attacked him during the procedure.
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