Sri Lanka, Oct. 29 -- A herd of more than 100 wild elephants has been terrorising villages in the Mahiyangana area, destroying crops, damaging houses and property, and posing a growing threat to residents, NPP Parliamentarian Sudath Balagalla told a District Coordinating Committee meeting yesterday.

He said the situation had become so serious that additional classes at Girandurukotte Maha Vidyalaya were suspended after elephants invaded the school grounds.

"I receive telephone calls even late at night. On Tuesday night, the principal of Girandurukotte Maha Vidyalaya called me to say that wild elephants had raided the school grounds. Fearing for the safety of the children, he suspended the additional classes held after school," Balagall...