Four Rohingya refugees were trampled to death by an elephant in a makeshift camp in the Cox’s Bazar area of Bangladesh on Saturday morning.

A woman and three young children, who had fled violence in their home country of Myanmar, were killed when the animal stormed their temporary shelter in the Balukhali camp, where tens of thousands of refugees are living.

The deaths of the woman; two girls, 9 and 6; and a boy, 1; were confirmed by Md Abdul Khayer, the officer in charge of the Ukhiya police station in the area.

Six people, including the husband and a son of the dead woman, Taslima Siddique, were injured and admitted to a hospital. Ms. Siddique was the mother of one of the children killed, but authorities were not sure which child was hers.