Elephants Attack, Kill Woman And Chase Police From Scene In China

Wild elephants attacked and killed a woman in southwestern China
before chasing police and investigators from the scene, state media
reported.

Police found a group of 14 wild Asian elephants near a pine forest in
the Xishuangbanna area of Yunnan province where the woman's body was
located onSaturday, the state-run Yunnan Wang website said.

"An initial investigation showed that the woman was attacked by
elephants," news agency Xinhua said late Monday.

Yunnan Wang added that an investigation team was forced to
"immediately evacuate the scene" when the elephants launched an
attack.

The rainforests of Xishuangbanna, near China's borders with Burma and
Laos, are home to 250-300 wild elephants, according to Xinhua.

The animals are generally placid but can attack when they feel
threatened. In 2010,a man was killed by elephantsas he picked peppers
in Xishuangbanna, Xinhuanet website reported.,

A year later in the same area, a man was seriously injured when a
group of elephants attacked him and two friends, the website said.