Silchar, May 15 -- Two persons were killed in separate wild elephant attacks in Assam's Nagaon district, police officers said on Friday, adding that a few locals were injured in separate elephant attacks in the area on Thursday.

Locals said that the herd initially entered the Bajiyagaon area in Samaguri in search of food but turned violent after local residents tried to drive the animals away.

Police identified the deceased as Shariful Islam (42) and Pranab Das (35).

According to locals, Islam was working in a vegetable cultivation field on Thursday morning when a wild elephant attacked him. He died on the spot before locals could rescue him.

Das was attacked during an attempt to drive the animal away from the village. "He was trying ...