three wildlife officials survived a gun attack on their forest protection unit in patthalung on july 17.
the attack forced the unarmed officials to shelter in their office. the attackers later fled after trying to set fire to a neardy security guard kiosk,police said. police said that the attack might be linked to the seizure of forest arsas which were illegally used for rubber plantation, or the dismissal of a park official who allegedly took bribes to allow forest encroachment in the park