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Tiger kills worker in Indonesian plantation

Source: AFP | 00:01 UTC+8 January 5, 2018 | Print Edition

A Sumatran tiger has mauled an Indonesian palm oil plantation worker to death, officials said yesterday, the latest in a string of deadly conflicts between humans and animals blamed on rampant deforestation.

Jumiatik, 30, was found dead at the plantation in Riau province on Sumatra island on January 3 with horrific bite wounds on her neck and legs, police revealed.

The victim was collecting data on pests with two female colleagues before the tiger appeared and chased the trio some 200 meters through the plantation.

Her two workmates, who survived the brutal attack, told authorities they tried to evade the animal by scrambling up oil palm trees, but the tiger latched onto Jumiatik’s leg and dragged her to the ground.

“Jumiatik struggled with the tiger for about 15 minutes,” local police chief Iptu Rafi told reporters.

“(She) suffered serious injuries on parts of her neck and was eventually killed.”

There have been several cases in recent years of tigers killing people in Indonesia, where logging of rainforest to make way for palm oil plantations is destroying animals’ habitat and bringing them into closer contact with humans.

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