Youth killed in wild elephant attack in Kerala

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A 21-year-old youth died after being attacked by a wild elephant in Cherupuzha of Kannur district on Wednesday morning, police said.

Ebin Sebastian, a native of nearby Vazhakundam, was found lying in a farm with injuries on his chest and head, they said.

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The jumbo might have trampled the man to death.

Though the victim was first rushed to a nearby hospital and then shifted to the medical college, doctors there declared him brought dead, police said.

A case was registered and investigation is on, they added.