New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- Elephants ran amok at Kozhikode temple festival: In a tragic incident, three elderly persons, including two women, were killed after two elephants ran amok during a Manakulangara Temple festival in Kozhikode district of Kerala on Thursday evening.

The 2 jumbos were loaned by the Board to the Manakulangara Temple near Koyilandy in Kozhikode.

The elephants got agitated after the bursting of crackers during the festival.

According to the police, the agitated elephants initially attacked each other and, during their fight, hit a nearby building within the temple premises, causing a wall to collapse on people standing there, leading to the fatalities.

The jumbos then fled the temple premises, causing a stampede as the...