A woman was killed by wild elephant on Wednesday in hilly area of Islampur union in Cox's Bazar Sadar upazila.
The deceased was Khorsida Begum, 35, daughter of Ishaque Mia of village Lalsiha under Islampur union in the Cox's Bazar Sadar upazila.
With this, the number of killing by wild elephant has risen to nine during three months last.
The Cox's Bazar police and witnesses said that Khorsida Begum and Anwara Begum went to local forest area for collecting fire wood at about 8:00am. At one stage a wild elephant had attacked Khorsida Begum and trampled her.
Anwara Begum, however, had managed to flee the spot.
Being informed by Anwara Begum, the police and local people had gone to the spot.
Later, the police had recovered the body of Khorsida Begum and handed it over to her family members.
Source : New Age
