Stray elephants kill two in Meru, Tharaka-Nithi
A stray elephant in Gatune village, Tharaka-Nithi County, on May 1, 2017. PHOTO | ALEX NJERU | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Two people were killed and two others injured on Monday by elephants in Meru and Tharaka-Nithi counties.
The four elephants strayed from Meru National Park on Sunday night, officials said.
In Tharaka a 17-year-old boy in Igumo village was killed while in Meru County a man from Nthambiro village was killed.
A woman from Tharaka who was injured by the furious elephants is receiving treatment at Tharaka Sub-County Hospital.
Meru National Park Senior Warden Tuqa Jirmo told the Nation by phone that Kenya Wild Life Service (KWS) rangers shot dead one of the elephants.
