Sleeping refugees killed by wild elephants

Wild elephants attacked a newcampwhererohingya refugees were sleeping, killing a woman and her three children in southern Bangladesh, an official said yesterday.

A herd of elephants entered the Balukhali camp in Ukhiya town early on Saturday and trampled tents where several refugees were sleeping.

Four other people, including the woman’s husband, were injured in the attack, Kabir said. Many others fled to safety when they heard the elephants approaching.

The woman’s husband, Abu Bakar Siddique, said that he had been released from the hospital, but that one of his children and some other relatives were still hospitalised.

More than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from Myanmar’s Rakhine state to Bangladesh since 25 August.