By MWINGI TIMES CORRESPONDENT
A herd of marauding Jumbos on Saturday afternoon attacked and killed a 65-year -old woman in Athi ward in Kitui South constituency. While confirming the incident, the Ikutha subcounty police commander Raphael Mutiso, said the women was attacked while weeding her shamba.
The incident occurred in Kisoi sub location that neighbors the Tsavo East National Park in Athi ward. He said the jumbos had strayed from the park. "It happened at around 2pm. The tuskers found the lone woman tilling her shamba. She attempted to escape but the animals gave chase cough up with her in the nearby bush and trampled her to death," said the subcounty police chief. He added that the body was later collected by police officers who took it to Mutomo Level IV hospital morgue for preservation.
Mr Mutiso said that the herd of elephants had escaped Tsavo East National Park and have been causing a scare on residents. He said several attempts by KWS staff to drive them away have been unsuccessful.
Titus Tusi from the area said for weeks the marauding have caused havoc among the locals by destroying crops. "They have not only destroyed our crops but our dwelling places. Already three families have their houses reduced to rumble. They don't have a roof over their head now," he said.
He lamented that cries to KWS to drive the jumbos away from areas habited by people have been futile.
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