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Indigenous woman fractures arm, leg in elephant attack

IPOH (BERNAMA) – An indigenous Asli woman fractured her arm and leg in an attack by a wild elephant in Kampung Katong Rancangan Penempatan Semula (RPS) Kemar in Gerik, last Saturday.

Gerik District Police Chief Superintendant Zulkifli Mahmood said the 30-year-old victim also sustained bruises on her abdomen in the attack by the wild animal.

The incident occurred at about 6.30pm when she went behind her house to look for durian at an orchard about 20 metres away, he said in a statement yesterday.

He said the victim was currently under treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of Taiping Hospital.

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