A Thai man has been charged with “negligence causing death” after an elephant gored a Spanish tourist at a sanctuary in southern Thailand last week.

Thai police charged a mahout with negligence on Wednesday after an elephant killed a Spanish tourist at a sanctuary in southern Thailand last week, police said. Police charged the mahout, an employee of the sanctuary,

BANGKOK: Police in Phang Nga province have filed charges against a Thai mahout after an elephant under his care caused the death of a Spanish tourist on Koh Yao Yai island in Koh Yao district.

Blanca Ojanguren, a 22-year-old student from Spain, was killed by an elephant on Friday during a bathing session at Koh Yao Elephant Care

A "panic-stricken" elephant killed a Spanish tourist while she was bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand, police said on Monday.

A stressed elephant killed a Spanish tourist while she was bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand, police said.

A Spanish female tourist tragically died after being pushed by an elephant during a bathing tour on Koh Yao Yai in Phang Nga. The impact caused her to hit a rocky pool edge, resulting in severe injuries that later led to her death at the hospital.

Blanca Ojanguren García, 23, was bathing the animal at a care centre in Koh Yao district when the elephant gored her with its tusk.

Thai authorities arrested an elephant handler in the case of a 22-year-old Spanish tourist who died after being injured by an elephant at a sanctuary in the south of the country.

Thai police have charged a mahout after an elephant in his care gored a Spanish tourist to death last week. Theerayut Inthaphudkij, 38, was charged with negligence causing death, local authorities said Monday.