International News Safety Institute

08 May 2024  |  The Federal

AV Mukesh

Incident

Video journalist killed in elephant attack in Kerala

Cause of death

Other accident

Details

In a tragic incident, AV Mukesh, a 34-year-old video journalist affiliated with Matrubhumi TV, a prominent Malayalam news channel, on Wednesday May 8 was killed in an elephant attack in Kottekad while on duty.

Mukesh was capturing visuals of wilkd elephants across a river in Kottekad, when one of the tuskers suddenly became aggressive and attacked him. Although he was rushed to a district hospital in Palakkad, Mukesh succumbed to his injuries later.

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