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WATCH: Tourists duck for cover as bullets fly on Jozini Dam

It is reported that numerous elephants have been shot and killed in the area

A GROUP of tourists on a houseboat on the eastern shores of Jozini Dam were forced to duck for cover after a group, allegedly hunting elephants, reportedly fired shots towards them.

Nobody was wounded but the tourists were extremely shaken by the incident, which is being reported as an attempted murder case to the SAPS at Pongola or Jozini.

 

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The incident is linked to ongoing killing of elephants in the area where locals are demanding the land is freed for cattle grazing.

See the ZO Weekender for the full story.

Elephant carcasses in varying stages of decomposition litter the area
Photo: Supplied

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