KUALA TERENGGANU: A senior citizen who was reported missing after going to his orchard was found dead yesterday morning from a suspected wild elephant attack.
Hulu Terengganu district police chief Deputy Supt Zainul Mujahidin Mat Yudin said the victim, Musa Ahmad, 65, was found by villagers about 100m from his orchard at 7.15am. He added that a missing person’s report was lodged at 9.32pm on Friday after the victim’s family and villagers failed to locate Musa.
“The search and rescue operation, involving various agencies and villagers, resumed at 7am and they found the victim on a slope,” he said in a statement yesterday, adding that an autopsy revealed that the victim suffered injuries to his chest, head and arms consistent with being stomped on by an elephant.
“The case has been classified as sudden death,” said DSP Zainul Mujahidin.
Kuala Berang Fire and Rescue station chief Zulhisham Mohamad Yusof said the search for the victim had begun at 1.34am and ended when Musa was discovered and confirmed dead by medical officers.
The victim’s daughter, Romisa Musa, 40, said her father had left for the orchard at 8am on Friday without informing anyone. When he didn’t return home in the evening, they went to look for him at the orchard but failed to find him. They then went to lodge a police report about a missing person.
