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Tourist guide killed in elephant attack at Aluthgama Kande Viharaya
A 34-year-old tourist guide has been killed in an elephant attack at the Kande Vihara Temple in Aluthgama around noon today (26).
The deceased was a resident of Ahungalla.
According to reports, the tourist guide had travelled to the temple in a van with a group of foreign tourists. The incident occurred when he approached the elephant at the temple to offer it a tray of fruit.
He sustained injuries in the attack and was subsequently taken to the Balapitiya Base Hospital. However, he had died by the time he was admitted to the hospital.
The deceased’s body has been placed at the Balapitiya Base Hospital.
