Jumbo’s body riddled with 70 bullets

Gruesome discovery: A photo showing the locations of 40 of the more than 70 bullets found in the elephant’s carcass.

KOTA KINABALU: A team of vets and wildlife officials conducting a post-mortem on an elephant in Sungai Udin, Tawau district, made a gruesome discovery on what caused the animal’s death.

A detailed examination found that the pachyderm’s carcass was riddled with more than 70 bullets, believed to be fired from close range before its tusks were removed.