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They probably intercepted communications between those other houses and the target, and determined they should also pay the price.

If Monkey Hitman can be a TV show, then so can Mafia Elephants.

I did say "minimal", not "none". If I see a herd of a dozen elephants coming in a neighborhood, I'm sure expecting more than 1 house demolished with malice and 3 others damaged as collateral.

It's possible that the signal alerting them to where she lived, had also been present in the other homes (smell, visible trails, decorations, etc). Statistically, this a large number of rare events that coincided.

A herd of elephants is aggressive. They trample an old woman who can run away as fast.

People hide, but for the burial, they come out of their houses, make noise, alerting the elephants.

Elephants get aggressive again. People run away. Elephants trample what they left behind.

Them, Elephants also trample the village.

Seems like a pretty likely scenario?

Stuff happens!