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.

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.

Woman reportedly gored to death by elephant's tusk. She walked in front of the elephant when it took one of its tusks and gored her to death, reported the Thai Examiner. She was r

A Spanish woman was gored to death by an elephant while bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand on Friday, according to local police.

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

The mahout faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of 200,000 baht (£4,642). According to eyewitnesses, the elephant was startled when Garcia moved in front of it and pushed her into the concrete edge of the pond with her tusk.

A 22-year-old tourist was killed by an elephant in southern Thailand after bathing the animal at a sanctuary, officials said. The 22-year-old Spanish student, Blanca Ojanguren García, was traveling with her boyfriend to Yao Yai when she was killed on Friday.

A student from Spain who was washing an elephant at a tourist attraction in Thailand was killed by the animal when it struck and pushed her with its trunk.

A Spanish woman was killed during a visit to Thailand after an elephant she was bathing panicked and pierced her with their tusk.