A tourist was killed by an elephant on Saturday in the famous South African city Kruger ParkSouth Africa's national parks agency SAN Parks said overnight.
“A tragic incident occurred when a tourist was charged and trampled by an elephant near the Crocodile River at Malelane Gate. This, unfortunately, led to the death of people,” the message reads. statement.
SAN Parks asked people not to post images of the incident on social media.
With about 7,700 square miles of savannah that stretches into neighboring Mozambique, Kruger is the largest game park in South Africa. Except for fenced campsites and a few picnic areas, exiting the vehicle is prohibited.
Officials have not released any information about the dead tourist.
“Further details will be released in due course,” SAN Parks said.
In 2021, elephants killed a suspected poacher in the same park.
In July last year, a A Spanish tourist was trampled to death by elephants after he left his fiancee in the car to take pictures at another reserve in South Africa.
Other fatal elephant attacks have occurred in other parts of the world in recent months.
Earlier this month, Mr an elephant killed a Spanish tourist when she was bathing an animal in a wildlife sanctuary in southern Thailand. A 23-year-old woman was injured by the stressed animal's trunk at Ko Yao Elephant Care Center in Phang Nga province, police said.
last year, two American women were killed in separate elephant attacks in Zambia.