A lion kept by a social media influencer in Kanchanaburi escaped its cage and attacked two people at around 9.40pm last Saturday, in Moo 8 of Tambon Nong Koom, Bor Ploy district, officials said.
Bor Ploy district chief Surasit Chan-utha said village head Surat Jaemsee reported that the victims were rushed to the army hospital at Surasee Fort in Tambon Lad Ya.
The 11-year-old boy was seriously injured after being pawed and bitten, sustaining a severe wound to his right hip and remaining hospitalised. A 43-year-old man, identified as Sarawut, received four stitches to his left arm after being pawed at the scene.
The lion’s owner, Parinya Parkpoom, 32, managed to recapture the animal and return it to its cage.
Parinya is known on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok for posting clips about raising the lion.
