Buddhist monk dies in temple dog attack horror as his own pit bull 'chews off half his face'

Phra Bandit Bootsen was feeding the one-year-old pup named Jord, erstwhile it latched onto his manus astatine a temple successful Nonthaburi province, Thailand. He was recovered dormant days later

A Buddhist monk has been mauled to decease by his ain favored pit bull, which launched a brutal onslaught connected the man's face.

Phra Bandit Bootsen was feeding the one-year-old pup named Jord, erstwhile it latched onto his manus astatine a temple successful Nonthaburi province, Thailand. The 45-year-old fell over, crying successful symptom earlier the pooch past attacked his face. The dog attack lone came to airy erstwhile a temple worker, 28-year-old Aou, went looking for him aboriginal this morning.

Aou said: "We hadn't seen Bandit since Saturday, truthful I decided to look for him. I noticed that the lights successful his country were inactive on. I knocked connected the doorway but nary 1 answered. His car was besides inactive successful the car park, truthful I knew helium hadn't near the temple." The idiosyncratic said helium dismantled portion of the shuttered model and reached done the spread to unlock the door, but helium was meant with a gruesome scene.

The shocked idiosyncratic recovered the monk lying face-down successful a achromatic excavation of his ain humor connected the ground. Half of his look had been chewed disconnected exposing the skull underneath, portion his near manus had besides been severed. Nearby, a tray afloat of canine nutrient sat astir untouched. Local constabulary said they arrived astatine the temple aft receiving Aou's study conscionable aft 1am.

A constabulary spokesperson said: "According to the temple staff, the deceased had been raising the pit bull since it was a puppy. It was known to beryllium territorial and aggressive, and it would often wound its owner." Officers judge Bandit had been dormant for 2 days, with Jord feeding connected his flesh. They did not find his missing manus successful the room. Bandit's assemblage was taken to the Institute of Forensic Medicine for a post-mortem examination.

Aou said: "We are astatine a loss. We don't privation to support Jord present aft what helium did, but we besides don't cognize anyone who would privation to instrumentality attraction of him. We cannot termination the dog, that is against our beliefs."