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Rubber plantation worker beats off tiger attack in Thailand
Jan 11, 2012, 10:36 GMT
Bangkok - A rubber tapper managed to beat off a wild tiger that attacked him in a plantation in southern Thailand, surviving with wounds to his face and arms, media reported Wednesday.
Lian Chuesatum, 56, was attacked by the tiger before dawn on Tuesday as he was tapping rubber in a plantation in Betong, Yal province, 700 kilometres south of Bangkok, the Khao Sod news website reported.
Lian told police that the tiger jumped at him from behind, but he managed to turn around and grab it by its throat. After a short tussle the tiger departed.
'Lian managed to call his wife and she took him to hospital, where he was treated for a gash on his cheek and bites on his arm,' Betong police chief Dondaet Wattanarat told the newspaper.
Local authorities were investigating whether the tiger was also responsible for the death of a female rubber tapper three days earlier.
'No one was sure what killed her. We've never had a tiger attack in Betong before,' Dondaet told the local newspaper.
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