'Mad' elephant hunted in Nepal after killing 4

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By ReutersSoldiers in Nepal hunted for a wild elephant on Monday after it strayed into villages in the southern part of the Himalayan nation and killed four people over three months, officials said.

On Saturday, the elephant walked into a thatched house in Gardi village adjoining Chitwan National Park, 50 miles south of Kathmandu, pulled an elderly couple from bed and trampled them to death, said Shiva Ram Gelal, assistant district administrator from Bharatpur, the nearest city.

Follow @NBCNewsWorld The same animal killed two other villagers within the last three months, park officials said.

"We have given orders to the army to shoot the elephant that has gone mad," Gelal told Reuters. "Soldiers are now searching for it."

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