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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh

Wild elephant kills 69-year-old tourist exercising near his camp at Thailand national park

A wild bull elephant killed a tourist exercising near his tent on Monday at a national park in Thailand, making him the third victim of the animal.

The man, identified as Jirathachai Jiraphatboonyathorn from Muang district of Lop Buri, was exercising metres away from his camp at the Khao Yai National Park with his wife at about 5.30am when he encountered Phlai Oiwan, a bull elephant feeding outside his forest boundary.

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