Wild elephant kills boy, injures mother

JELI: A three-year-old boy was killed and his mother was injured after a wild elephant attacked them in a rubber plantation at Bukit Perawas, Ayer Lanas here Saturday.

Jeli district police chief DSP Sheik Azhar Sheik Omar said the attack occurred about 10am while the boy's parents were tapping rubber.

Their son, Wan Aidid Nasrullah Wan Mahmud, was left in a motorcycle basket.

He said Wan Aidid's mother, Rezamawati Che Mat, 37, was injured on the body and legs, while her husband, Wan Mahmud Wan Omar, 33, who was some distance away, was not harmed.

Residents helped to take the mother and son to the Jeli Hospital, but the boy died on the way, he told reporters here.

Following the incident, Sheik Azhar said the Wildlife and National Parks Department managed to track down the elephant and efforts were being made to catch the pachyderm and relocate it.

Meanwhile, Rezamawati, when met at her house in Kampung Bukit Perawas, said she had left Wan Aidid Nasrullah, the youngest of five siblings, in the motorcycle basket while she and her husband went to tap the rubber trees.

 "Suddenly the elephant came and attacked me and then rushed towards the motorcycle, forcing my son to be thrown out of the basket," she added.

She said her husband, who was nearby, shouted "Allahuakbar" several time before the elephant fled. - Bernama