Wild buffalo shot dead after it killed two people in Assam

Guwahati, Jan 15 : A wild buffalo was shot dead by security personnel after it killed two people and injured two others in Biswanath district in northern Assam bordering Arunachal Pradesh, officials said on Friday.
The buffalo killed a young man in Biswanath district on Thursday, while another man was mauled to death by the animal on Friday, besides injuring two other people in the same area.
According to the forest and police officials, the wild buffalo from the famed Kaziranga National Park attacked and killed Sukur Ali, 55, a villager, and injured two others on Friday at Muttackgaon area in the district.
A forest official said that personnel of the forest department and police rushed to the village on receiving information that one more person succumbed to his injuries suffered in the buffalo’s attack.
“At the outset we tried to push the wild buffalo into the Kaziranga National Park as our first priority is always to protect the wild animals. But it chased us back and we had no option but to shoot it in self-defence,” a forest official told the media.
The two injured persons were later shifted to a hospital.