Tusker kills mahout, attacks six, sparks stampede

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Thrissur, Kerala, Apr 8 (UNI) Seventeen people were injured in a stampede after a tusker turned violent, gored its mahout to death and attacked six others at Chettuva in this district late in the evening.

Manakattil Unni of Kuttipuram was attacked by Nadavath Vinayan, the tusker, which turned violent after it was brought to the Chanthanakudam Festival at Chettuva Fakhir Sahib Thangal Jaharam.

The tusker also gored another elephant. The injured were sent to hospital where the condition of three of them were reportedly serious.

The tusker was tranquilised and then chained bringing the situation under control.

UNI

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