KWS officers in Meru shoot dead stray elephant

Residents of Nthimbiri and Kiathumbi villages assist KWS officers to remove ivory from an elephant that had terrorised them for six hours. [Photo: PATRICK MUTHURI/STANDARD]

MERU: One person was injured when villagers engaged a herd of elephants that had strayed into their farms.

The six-hour rampage involving residents of Kianthumbi village saw one jumbo shot dead by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers.