Upper East: Elephants attack town; one person feared dead

Posted on September 12, 2014September 12, 2014
by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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One person is feared dead in an elephant attack at a town in the Garu Tempane District of the Upper East region.

The animals numbering about eight were said to have attacked Nate township Friday morning and destroyed farms in the area.

The Presiding Member of the Garu Tempane District Assembly, Mr Dahamani Alaal confirming the story told Graphic Online that police personnel have been deployed to the town to drive the animals away

An eyewitness earlier told Accra based radio station, Joy FM that they woke up Friday morning to discover that there were elephants around them.

He said people have gathered and were watching the elephants and that they don’t know where they came from.

-graphic

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