Probe after man killed in elephant attack at KZN reserve
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife says it's still probing the events that led to the death of a local man at the Phongolo Nature Reserve.
Bhekisabelo Nyawo was killed by an elephant at the northern Zululand reserve.
The conservation group's Musa Mntambo says they are deeply saddened by what happened.
He says although the details surrounding the incident aren't yet clear, it's understood that two men, looking for their missing cattle, entered the nature reserve on its eastern shores side last week.
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"At some point, they came across a herd of elephants, the information about what had transpired at the time is still fuzzy.
"All that is known is that the bull elephant attacked the two men and one person escaped unharmed. The second person was unfortunately killed on the scene. The person who survived alerted the family of the deceased."
The father of two is being laid to rest in Ngwavuma on Tuesday.
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