Rogue elephant named after Bin Laden kills five Indian villagers
A tranquilised wild Indian elephant is transported to the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary after it wandered into a residential area in Sonapur, in Kamrup district in India's northeastern state of Assam on May 1, 2019. PHOTO | AFP
As elephants' natural habitant shrinks, nearly 2,300 people have been trampled in India in the last five years, according to official figures released in June, while 700 elephants have been killed since 2011.
Guwahati
Forest officials in northeast India on Friday conducted a major operation to contain a rogue elephant that killed five villagers earlier this week.