A woman was killed in an elephant attack at Kavundikkal in Attappady in the early hours of Thursday. Malleeswari P. (45), wife of Sivaraman living at E.M.S. Colony, was trampled to death by the elephant that destroyed the plantain trees next to their house around 2 a.m.
This is the second such fatal incident in Palakkad district this month, as a 60-year-old man was killed by a wild elephant in Dhoni on July 8 while he was out on a morning walk.
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