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  • Tipsy elephants kill six

    12/16/2002 9:44:36 PM PST · by TheConservator · 12 replies · 363+ views
    Hindustan Times ^ | 12/17/02 | Agence France-Presse
    At least six people were trampled to death by wild elephants that went amok after getting drunk on rice beer in Assam, an official said Tuesday. The forest official said the herd went on the rampage on Monday, looking for their favourite tipple, in Tinsukia district, 550 kilometers from Guwahati. "They smashed huts and plundered granaries and broke open casks to drink rice beer. The herd then went berserk killing six persons," the official told AFP by telephone from Tinsukia. Wild elephants have been targeting areas where people brew large volumes of rice beer. "We have come across devastating drunken...