Two teenagers dead in Bandarban elephant attack

Two teenage boys died in an attack by a wild elephant in Alikadam upazila of Bandarban early today.

The victims were identified as Mansur Alam (17) and Humayun Kabir (14), residents of Membar Para in the upazila.

Abul Kalam, chairman of Alikadam Upazila, said a herd of wild elephants arrived in the area at the dead of night.

At one stage, an elephant went into a house in Membar Para and damaged it.

The elephant attacked Mansur and Humayun when they were trying to drive it away from the area, the upazila chairman said.

An unidentified man was also injured in the incident. He was taken to a local hospital.

Police recovered the bodies and sent them to local hospital morgue.