Elephants raid village again

BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: The latest raid by a herd of wild elephants in the Pesisir Selatan district brought down 15,000 coconut trees, more than 9,000 banana plants and 60 hectares of ready to harvest rice fields.

Fortunately, last weeks raid did not result in any casualties, the Antara news agency reported quoting district chief Rusli Rasyid as saying.

The district has been a favorite target of the wild elephants during the past year. (emb)