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Wild elephant tramples 37-year-old tribal to death in Kannur

A 37-year-old tribal has been trampled to death by a wild elephant at the Aralam farm in Kannur on Tuesday night.

It is the third death on the farm during the last three months. So far, 13 people have been killed on the farm by the elephant.

The deceased has been identified as Vasu, belonging to the Paniya tribal community. He was returning back from the house of his sister. The incident took place at the 9th block of the farm at about 9.30 p.m. He was severely injured and was on the road after being trampled by the elephant

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