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Elephant Pulls 7-Year-Old From Bed, Drags Her Outside, Tramples Her to Death

Elephant Pulls 7-Year-Old From Bed, Drags Her Outside, Tramples Her to Death
A herd of wild elephants walk in woodlands close to the village of Kolabari, some 50 kms from Siliguri close to the India-Nepal border. Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images
Venus Upadhayaya
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In a tragic incident, a 7-year-old girl was pulled from her bed by an elephant, dragged outside the home, and trampled to death in Odisha, an eastern state in India on July 10.

Sini Munda, her brother Ganesh, and sister Rani were sleeping when an elephant destroyed their house, killed Munda, and critically injured the other siblings, reported Ommcom News, a local media.
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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