Swiss tourist killed by elephant in Thailand
BANGKOK. February 24. KAZINFORM An elderly Swiss woman was trampled to death and four other tourists were injured when elephants they were riding fought with each other in southern Thailand, police said Thursday; Kazinform refers to China Daily.
The 63-year-old woman was thrown to the ground and fatally injured during an elephant trek with friends in the south of the country on Tuesday, Bangkok Post online reported.
"It happened because the elephants quarrelled with each other. One reared up on its feet so the tourists fell to the ground, and it trampled on her," Bangkok Post online quoted Pol Lt-Col Apidej Chuaykuar, who is the officer in charge of the case, as saying.
He said a total of five tourists, who were staying in the nearby resort of Phuket, were riding two male elephants when the creatures became aggressive; Kazinform cites China Daily.
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