Park officials and police at the scene where a wild elephant killed an elderly man sleeping in a tent, at Pha Kluai Mai camping area in Khao Yai National Park, Pak Chong district, Nakhon Ratchasima, on Friday. (Photo: Supplied/Apinya Wipatayothin)
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: An 80-year-old man sleeping in a tent in Khao Yai National Park was killed by a wild elephant in the early hours of Friday.
The attack occurred in the camping ground at Pha Kluai Mai, between Pak Chong and Prachin Buri province.
Park officials and police called to the scene about 1.50am found the stomped body of Prayot Jitbun, 80, of Samut Prakan province, and some panicked Thai and foreign tourists who were holidaying in the national park.
They told police that a wild bull elephant had walked around the victim’s vehicle before the attack.
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