Injured wild elephant stomps reporter to death in Chanthaburi


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): A reporter from the Thai language daily KomChadLuek was attacked and killed by a wild elephant in Chanthaburi’s Khao Khitchakut on Friday (Nov 5).

Parinya Kesarathikul, 46, was taking photographs of the heavily injured elephant, which panicked and charged at people nearby when it was hit with an antibiotics loaded dart.

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