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An African elephant heading to a waterhole
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An elephant has killed five people in Mozambique, southeast Africa.
Two children were among the victims.
The youngest was one and a half years old, the other child twelve, said police spokesman Mário Adolfo of the dpa news agency.
The group was attacked by the pachyderm while working in the fields in the province of Cabo Delgado.
The northern district of Macomia borders the Quirimbas National Park, home to hundreds of elephants.
The police have launched a search for the animal.
In addition to the dpa news agency, other media reported that an elephant had attacked.
According to the broadcaster »africanews«, there were several elephants.
In many African countries, fatal clashes between humans and wild animals occur again and again due to shrinking natural areas and competition for limited natural resources.
bbr/dpa
