An elephant foot bone found by archaeologists digging in southern Spain may be evidence that a troop of war elephants stomped through ancient Europe.

A 68-year-old woman was killed and three others injured on Friday after wild elephants entered the town of Valaichchenai in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province, attacking residents and damaging property, police said.

A 70-year-old man has died after being attacked by a wild elephant in southern India.

At least six people, including four members of a single family, were trampled to death by a wild elephant in two separate incidents in Jharkhand, eastern India, officials said on Wednesday.

A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed Thursday after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island's worst such wildlife accident, police said.