Elephant attack kills teenager

A teenage boy was trampled to death by an elephant and two others sustained severe injuries in the attack at Uttar Shilkhali village in Cox's Bazar's Taknaf upazila on Wednesday night, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Shamsu Uddin, 12, son of late Aflat Hossain of the village.

Locals said Shamsu along with his two fellows went to patrol their paddy field near their house on Wednesday night.

A wild elephant attacked them around 3:30am while they were sleeping, leaving Shamsu dead on the spot.

His two friends -- Belal Uddin and Rabiul Alam -- were severely injured in the attack.

The body was handed over to the family while the injured were admitted to Teknaf hospital for treatment, said Ranjit Barua, officer-in-charge of Teknaf model police station.