Shocker! Elephant Chases Down Schoolboy Before Trampling Him To Death

Terrifying footage shows the moment a schoolboy is trampled to death by an elephant in India. The boy and his classmates are seen observing a herd of the animals close-up when one of the large adults is startled and charges.Shot on September 11 in the Suiyyakanari forest in Jharkhand, the footage captures the chaos as most of the panicked group flee up a nearby hillside as the elephant emerges from a treeline. Flashes of the running children are seen, and what begins as excited shouts and laughter turns to panic. One of the boys becomes separated, and is chased by the animal, disappearing behind a hedgerow as screams ring out from his classmates.Later in the video, the still form of the boy is just visible, dragged back into view below the elephant’s feet. The elephant then walks back into the jungle to rejoin the herd. An adult Indian elephant can weight over five tonnes. Police said the boy, believed to be aged between eight and 10 years old, “died on the spot”.Photo Credit: Getty

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