Elephant brought to temple turns violent, kills one, injures mahout

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An elephant flipped over a car several times, destroying it, and also damaged a few two-wheelers present there, even as an Elephant Squad of the Forest Department tried to capture the jumbo before it moved out from the temple premises to a more populated area, says police

Published - May 01, 2026 02:43 pm IST - Kochi

A captive elephant brought to a temple at Kidangoor in Angamaly in Kochi turned violent on Friday (May 1, 2026), attacking and injuring a couple of persons, with one of them dying in the incident, police said.

Visuals of the incident aired on TV channels showed the jumbo attacking the vehicles parked near the temple.

Published - May 01, 2026 02:43 pm IST

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