Sri Lanka elephant kills two near Buddhism’s holiest tree
COLOMBO: A wild elephant stormed into a crowded pilgrimage town in Sri Lanka on Wednesday and trampled two men to death near Buddhism’s most sacred tree, a resident and police said. Wildlife authorities fired tranquiliser darts to try to subdue the rampaging animal in the town of Anuradhapura, 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of the capital, police said. The elephant ran past President Mahinda ...