A farmer was trampled to death by a wild elephant outside her home in Indonesia.

Suarni, 62, had been resting inside the wooden hut next to a forest when the hostile jumbo barged into the property and attacked her in Lampung province on the southern tip of Sumatra, early morning on December 30.

The bull was captured on video dragging her out to the yard before brutally stomping on her in front of shocked relatives.

Suarni's family escaped and called for help, but they returned to find her dead at the scene. Gruesome photos show Suarni's dismembered body parts scattered on the ground next to her ruined wooden home.

Tanggamus Regency Police Chief AKBP Rivanda said: 'We were informed that there was an elephant attack in the area. Currently, our members are at the location to conduct further investigations.'

Residents said they were aware that the elephant herd had been wandering the area for the past five days. The locals claimed they have tried driving away the animals with firecrackers, to no avail.

Chief Commissioner Umi Fadillah, head of Public Relations for the Lampung Police, said: 'During the incident, the family managed to save themselves, but the victim was sick and unable to escape.

'We will continue to monitor developments and coordinate with relevant parties to ensure the safety of residents near the forest.'

Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park rangers were dispatched to monitor the area.

In September last year, a pregnant housewife was brutally crushed by an elephant herd.

Mother-of-three Karsini, 33, was tapping rubber trees with her husband Rasum when the herd of around 15 jumbos entered their plantation in Musi Rawas Regency, South Sumatra, on September 8.

The wife took a pair of empty jerrycans and banged them together like cymbals, hoping the noise would drive away the elephants. But the racket only enraged the wild animals, which trampled her and her unborn baby to death.

The Sumatran elephant is a critically endangered subspecies of the Asian elephant, native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Habitat loss due to deforestation and human activities, along with poaching, are the primary threats to its survival.

It was previously classified as endangered under the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Its conservation status was changed to critically endangered as its population reportedly decline by at least 80 per cent in the last 75 years.

There are an estimated 1,500 Sumatran elephants left in the wild.