KALADAN NEWS

A Heroic Fighting Between Man And Tiger

Maungdaw, February 29: A superhuman fighting was occurred between man and tiger at Maungdaw Township in Arakan State, western Burrma, said a village Chairman to our sources.

On 10th February 2004, a man, 45, accompanied by his two sons, 25, 15, and his grand son, 13, hailing from Kiladaung of Maungdaw Township went to the mountain to collect firewood for their families. After collecting their firewood, they were taking rest on a mountainside till 12:00 noon. At that time, they were hungry and thirsty, so, the eldest son together with his nephew climbed down the mountainside to carry water from the creek with containers, while the father and his younger son were constantly taking rest on the mountainside, he further added.

When the eldest son and his nephew were taking drinking water from the creek with their containers, a big tiger that was 10 feet and 6 inches long from head to tail was waiting to hunt them. But, it was not known to them. Suddenly, the tiger was running fast towards them and at first attacked the eldest son and left him dead on the spot, while the nephew was crying with fear. A few minutes later, the tiger attacked the latter and killed him also at the same place, said a villager named Lalu to our source.

On hearing the crying, the father with his sword and his younger son rushed to the spot and seeing the tiger, the son quickly climbed up nearby a tree, but his father, holding his sword strongly and moving towards the tiger very bravely and carefully. While the tiger was looking to his approach, the man saw the dead bodies of his elder son and grandson lying on the ground with blood. So, it pushed him courage and swore to attack the tiger for taking vengeance on his son’s killer, he further said.

In one stage, the tiger ran fast towards the man and attacked him, while the man also attacked the tiger’s face with his sword. Fortunately, the tiger was seriously wounded in it face and retreated a few yards back. At this time, the man was not seriously wounded, said a relative to our source.

A few minutes later, the tiger again came and attacked the man and he also attacked the tiger with his sword. This time, the tiger successfully holding his neck and the arteries have been cut off and the tiger was also fell down on the ground with injuries and instantly dead, sources said.

But, the man did not fall immediately senseless and called his son by giving the loud noises, who was going into hiding for fear of tiger. Hearing the father’s call, the son appeared in front of him and explained his son about the incident in detail. He asked his son that the condition of him was not good, so, quickly went to the village and informed the relatives about the matter, said another villager to our source.

Hearing the last words of his father, the son went fast to the village to inform the villagers about the incident. Hearing the strange news, villagers, relatives, Nasaka forces, police and Military Intelligent rushed to the spot. But, the heroic fighter was dead at the side of his son and grandson before villagers’ arrival, the villager further said.

Then the villagers to the village carried the dead bodies of father, son and grandson and also the tiger. The next day, all the dead bodies were buried in their village cemetery by the order of concern authorities. But, the family of the victims had to pay Kyat-90, 000/- to the concerned authority not to carry out post-mortem, said another relative.

The SPDC authorities collected some money from the villagers to support the victims’ families. Leather and the bones of the tiger were taken by the authorities and left meat for the villagers.He is survived by his wife, two daughters and one son.

Previously, the tiger killed about 25 persons across the Maungdaw Township within one year.