Elephant kills 3 in Satkania

The incident took place near Cox's Bazar-Chittagong highway of the area on Wednesday

Three people have been killed in an attack by elephants in Nayakhal area

of Kheochhiya union under Satkania upazila in Chittagong.

The deceased are Mahbubul Alam Talukdar, 35, son of late Abul Hossain 

Talukdar of the area, Shakil, 15, son of Md Forkan of Kaliaish area of the 

upazila and Shahadat Hossain, 30, son of Ameer Hossain.

Sub-inspector of Satkania police station Kazi Golam Kibria said:

 “The incident took place near Cox's Bazar-Chittagong highway of the 

Narea on Wednesday.”

Some 14 elephants came down to crop field beside the highway around

 5:30pm. As the people tried to stop them from destroying the crops, 

the elephants got furious and attacked the people, leaving one of them

 dead on the spot, the SI said.

Two injured were taken to a local clinic where the doctors declared them dead, he added.