Forest Service officer shoots dead suspected illegal logger
VOV.VN - One Vietnamese person has died after being shot by a Thai forest ranger at the Mae Wong National Park in Nakhon Sawan Province while three others remain jailed, according to multiple Thai news outlets.
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According to media reports, the deceased along one other Vietnamese and two Thai citizens were believed to be involved in a gun battle with Thai officers over suspected illegal logging when Van Thai was shot.
One Thai officer was shot and remains hospitalized in serious condition.
The remaining three suspects fled the scene after the shootings but were apprehended by Thai police the following day, Thursday, September 7, and remain jailed pending the results of a further investigation into the incident.
