Wild elephants attack and kill Yunnan woman
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July 10, 2013, Wednesday
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WILD elephants attacked and killed a woman in southwestern China before chasing police and investigators from the scene.
Police found a group of 14 wild Asian elephants near a pine forest in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province where the woman's body was found on Saturday.
"An initial investigation showed that the woman was attacked by elephants," Xinhua news agency reported.
An investigation team was forced to immediately evacuate the area when they were also attacked by the elephants.
The rainforests of Xishuangbanna, near China's borders with Myanmar and Laos, are home to 250-300 wild elephants, according to Xinhua.
The animals are generally placid but can attack when they feel threatened. In 2010, a man was killed by elephants as he picked peppers in Xishuangbanna. A year later, a man was seriously injured when a group of elephants attacked him and two friends.
Police found a group of 14 wild Asian elephants near a pine forest in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province where the woman's body was found on Saturday.
"An initial investigation showed that the woman was attacked by elephants," Xinhua news agency reported.
An investigation team was forced to immediately evacuate the area when they were also attacked by the elephants.
The rainforests of Xishuangbanna, near China's borders with Myanmar and Laos, are home to 250-300 wild elephants, according to Xinhua.
The animals are generally placid but can attack when they feel threatened. In 2010, a man was killed by elephants as he picked peppers in Xishuangbanna. A year later, a man was seriously injured when a group of elephants attacked him and two friends.
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