Deep South’s wildlife sanctuary office bombed, torched

An office of the Hala Bala Wildlife Sanctuary in Waeng district of Narathiwat was engulfed in flames on Saturday night. (Photo: Crime Suppression Division)
On Saturday evening, an office at the Hala Bala Wildlife Sanctuary in the Narathiwat city caught fire. ( Photo: Crime Suppression Division )

At the Hala Bala Wildlife Sanctuary department on Saturday night, about 20 military men took four officers prisoner, stole weapon, and bombed and torched four properties.

Four officers from the temple were kidnapped in their living rooms and the black-clad, heavily armed intruders who covered their faces, according to Attapon Charoenchansa, director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation, who tore up the temple company, as well as its buildings and qualities.

The confinement and death took about 50 days. Some authorities fled the scene and called for help in a local town during the attack.

Security personnel arrived on the scene in an armored car and discovered the attackers had vanished.

A rifle government at the center’s office was discovered by authorities to be broken and all the firearms were missing. One of the ruined structures was a vacation home.

The Crime Suppression Division reported that the assault occurred at the office in tambon Loh Jut on Saturday at around 5.45pm and that about 10 cannons were taken. There were also burned there federal cars and parking lots.

The temple office’s second attack in 30 years, according to the locals. Because the temple served as a resource for learning about hornbill living, the attack irritated the locals.