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  • Killer elephant "Osama" shot dead in Jharkhand

    05/31/2008 5:41:50 AM PDT · by CarrotAndStick · 7 replies · 322+ views
    Reuters ^ | Sat May 31, 2008 1:13pm IST | Reuters
    PATNA, India (Reuters) - An elephant named "Osama bin Laden" that has killed more than 11 people and injured dozens over the past few months was shot dead in Jharkhand, officials said on Saturday. The wild male elephant, had been terrorising villagers in two states, destroying their crops and homes. Forest officials and a police team tracked down the rogue jumbo in Jharkhand late on Friday, where it was shot dead, Ravi Ranjan, a senior government official said. "Yes, Osama has finally been killed and it took us 20 bullets to silence him," Ranjan told Reuters from Jharkhand on Saturday....