A foreign tourist was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Manachchena, Komariya in Potuwil last morning.
Investigations revealed that the Italian tourist Ginchino Paulo (50), with another Italian tourist had been riding on motorcycles in the Komariya area when he had met with the accident.
The injured had been rushed to the Potuwil Base Hospital by the 1990 ambulance service, only to be pronnounded dead.
The body was despatched to the Ampara General Hospital for a postmortem examination.
OIC Potuwil Police CI Kamal Seneviratne is conducting further investigations on the instructions of ASP Wehitha Devapiya.
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