Woman killed, daughter injured in wild elephant attack in Kerala’s Idukki

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A 36-year-old pistillate was trampled to decease by a chaotic elephant, and her girl was earnestly injured connected Monday greeting astatine Chinnakkanal, nether the Devikulam wood scope adjacent Munnar successful Idukki territory of Kerala.

The incidental occurred astir 8 a.m. astatine Transfer Curve adjacent Singukandam. The deceased has been identified arsenic Mari, a nonmigratory of Singukandam.

According to Forest section officials, the pistillate was walking her girl to schoolhouse erstwhile they encountered 2 chaotic elephants lasting connected the road. Due to dense rainfall and heavy mist, the pistillate failed to announcement the animals. One of the elephants attacked, trampling the pistillate to decease and leaving her girl earnestly injured.

The kid was rushed to Adimaly Taluk Hospital for treatment. The woman’s assemblage has besides been shifted to the aforesaid infirmary for a post-mortem examination.

Published - June 08, 2026 10:21 americium IST

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