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Man trampled to death by stray elephants in Kenya
A Kenyan man who was driving his livestock to a watering point was killed when he was trampled over by a group of elephants which accosted him in the Masai Mara region of the country.
According to County Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) senior warden, Collins Omondi, the deceased, Mokolo ole Soit, an octogenarian was unable to escape the ordeal and was instantly killed.
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“The incident happened when the old man was taking his livestock to Nkoilale River near Naibosho wildlife conservancy when he was ambushed by the elephants in the nearby bush,” said Omondi.
Last week, a 76-year-old man was trampled to death by a herd of elephants at Sekenani area around the Masai Mara Game Reserve.
The incident comes at a time when two other people, among them a Belgian national and a pupil living with disability, were crushed to death by elephants in separate incidents at Sekenani and Siana areas bordering the park.
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