Wasin Kaki, 28, seated, after his arrest by rangers for hunting in Salak Phra Wildlife Sanctuary in Sri Sawat district of Kanchanaburi. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)

KANCHANABURI: A hunter was arrested in a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Sawat district in possession of two dead animals and some wild honey, but three other men fled after allegedly injuring a forestry official with a knife.

A team of rangers spotted four armed men carrying sacks inside Salak Phra Wildlife Sanctuary in Sri Sawat district on Wednesday evening. They called out for them to stop for a search, but they ran away, said Niphon Chamnonsirisak, director of  Forest Conservation Area Zone 4.

As the rangers gave chase, one of the fleeing men allegedly wounded one of them in the right arm with a knife.

Three of the men made good their escape, abandoning…