Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Indian officials are hunting a wild elephant with a single tusk that they said killed at least 20 people this month in one of Asia's biggest Sal forests.
The deaths happened in the Kolhan and Chaibasa forest areas in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, which is about 750 miles from Hyderabad in northeastern India, according to the BBC.
The deadly attacks mostly have occurred at night when the suspected elephant entered small villages and trampled victims, The Guardian reported.
A 35-year-old man in Bandijhari village was the first to die after the elephant trampled him to death on Jan. 1, and subsequent victims have included a family of four with two young children. A forest department official also is among those who have been killed.
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