Monk found dead with dog bite wounds, pit bull in room

A police officer with the year-old pit bull raised by a monk at a temple in Nonthaburi province. The monk was found dead in his room with serious dog bites, along with the dog, late Monday night. (Photo: FM91 Trafficpro)
A police officer with the year-old pit bulls raised by a priest at a church in Nonthaburi territory. The priest was found dead in his chamber with serious dog bites, along with the dog, later Monday night. ( Photo: FM91 Trafficpro )

NONTHABURI — A priest was found dead in his place with important dog bite wounds and his canine dog, a one-year-old pit bulls, at a church in Muang area.

Officers from Bang Sri Munag place were called to a religious room at a church in tambon Sai Ma about 1 am on Tuesday. They found the body of Phra Bundit Butrasane, 46, lying face down in a pool of blood.

His right hand was missing, and some of the body on his face. On the correct side of the wizard’s head were bite sores, deep into the tooth.        

Authorities said the priest had been dying for about two days before his body was found by a church servant identified only as Ou.

Mr Ou, 27, said he had not seen Phra Bundit, the abbot’s director, since Saturday. Shortly before midnight on Monday he noticed the lamps were still on in the wizard’s room and knocked on his entrance, but there was no reply.

He therefore opened the door from the inside, leaning in through the screen crystal windows, and found the priest dead on the floor. His pit bulls, Jord, ran out of the room quickly the door was opened, Mr Ou said.  

It was not apparent if the priest had a health problem and had died, or if he had been attacked. Authorities were waiting for the inquest consequence to identify the cause of death.    

Although Phra Bundit had raised and kept Jord inside his sleeping quarters since it was a dog, Mr Ou believed the dog does had mauled him to death. It was violent and jealous.  

” Phra Bundit has been bitten by Jord before. It is jealous and violent. Jord also jumped up and bit Phra Bundit when he handed me things,” Mr Ou said.

” After this, who in this church had try treatment for this puppy? “

Earlier this month, an 84-year-old man was killed after being attacked by his dog, a cross between a Thai species and a pit bulls, in Saraburi state.