Elderly man found dead from suspected elephant attack

An elderly man who was reported missing after going off into his orchard was found dead this morning from a suspected wild elephant attack.

Hulu Terengganu district police chief Zainul Mujahidin Mat Yudin said villagers found the victim, Musa Ahmad, 65, about 100m from his orchard on the road at 7.15am.

A missing person’s report was lodged at 9.32pm yesterday after the victim’s family and villagers failed to find the victim.

“The search and rescue operation, involving various agencies and villagers, resumed at 7am and they found the victim in a sloped area,” he said in a statement today.

An autopsy revealed that the victim suffered injuries to his chest, head and arms consistent with being stomped by an elephant.

“The case has been classified as sudden death,” he said.

Kuala Berang Fire and Rescue station chief Zulhisham Mohamad Yusof said the search for the victim had begun at 1.34am, and ended when Musa was discovered and confirmed dead by medical officers.

The victim’s daughter, Romisa Musa, 40, said that her father had left for the orchard, located 1km away from his home at 8am yesterday without informing anyone and did not return home in the evening.

They had then gone to look for him at the orchard but failed to find him so they lodged a police report about him being missing at about 9pm yesterday.

- Bernama

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