Two miners killed by elephants in southern Tanzania

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Pili Omari Mande, the Lindi regional police commander, said the two miners were attacked by a herd of elephants on their way home from a mining area at Mihima hills in Liwale district.

Mande said the elephants with their calves trampled the miners to death, and the bodies of the deceased were discovered by a cyclist.

“The elephants attacked the miners after their calves made loud, high-pitched sounds,” she said.

Mande urged people to take precautionary measures against wild animals in Liwale district that stray from the Nyerere National Park.

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