8 May 2023 09:43 am Views - 53
By Amadoru Amarajeewa
A Civil Security Constable and a fisherman had been trampled to death by wild elephants in Gomarankadawala and Pulmudai areas on Saturday evening (06) and in the early hours of last morning.
A fisherman in Jinnapuram in Pulmudai had been killed by a wild elephant in the early hours of saturday. The victim A.L.M.Anver (57) had died at the scene.
A Civil Security Constable on duty helping the wildlife conservators during a raid on the previous day to drive away a herd of wild elephants that roamed into Karaggahawewa in Gomarankadawala had fallen prey to a wild elephant attack.
The deceased Ananda Gamini (44) had been attached to Kandamalawa Civil Security Division.