You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
-Short Attention Span Theater-
Herd of wild elephants tramples 5 Banglas
2006-10-20
CHITTAGONG: A herd of wild elephants rampaged through a village in southern Bangladesh on Thursday, killing five members of a family, police and witnesses said.

Two children were among those trampled to death by the herd of about 10 elephants in Jangalgunagari village, 350 km (220 miles) southeast of the capital Dhaka, a witness said. The elephants also destroyed five bamboo huts and damaged crops before they were chased away by police firing blank shots. Villagers also torched bushes and lit firecrackers to scare the animals away.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Were the victims all local leaders of the Purba Bangla Communist Party? Any shutter gun or rounds of bullet laying around?
Posted by: tu3031   2006-10-20 17:07  

#4  I wonder if the elephants were drunk - seriously.
Posted by: xbalanke   2006-10-20 17:04  

#3  Insensitive, I know, but when I read this I can't help but remember that joke from elementary school: "What's the brown gooey stuff between elephants' toes?" (Slow natives.)
Posted by: Glenmore   2006-10-20 10:54  

#2  Joe, Banglas are muzzies. Elephants are on our side. If it were donkeys, I'd be in doubt, of course.
Posted by: twobyfour   2006-10-20 09:57  

#1  Elephant - Sting Ray anti-US alliance???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-10-20 01:40  

00:00