Forest rangers were hit in the head by bricks thrown by illegal loggers while chasing them.

Lam River• July 14, 2019 06:40

While chasing a truck carrying illegal timber, Mr. Nghia was attacked on the head with a brick by the driver and had to go to the emergency room.

The incident occurred at 2:30 a.m. on July 13. The interdisciplinary inspection team, including the Ba Don Town Forest Protection Department, the Mobile Forest Protection Team No. 2 of the Quang Binh Provincial Forest Protection Department, and the Quang Trach Protective Forest Management Board, was on duty at a checkpoint in Quang Son Commune, Ba Don Town, Quang Binh Province, when they discovered a suspicious truck.

Injured forest ranger Nguyen Trung Nghia is being treated at the Northern Quang Binh Regional General Hospital.

When the inspection force asked to stop the vehicle, the driver dumped the wood and drove away, forcing the authorities to pursue.

During the chase, the subject in the truck threw a brick at Nguyen Trung Nghia (born in 1992, an officer of the Mobile Forest Ranger Team No. 2) in the head, injuring him and requiring emergency treatment at the Bac Quang Binh Regional General Hospital.

The amount of wood the object dumped and left behind was 5.8m³ of wood.

Through initial inspection, the wood dumped on the truck earlier consisted mainly of bamboo and vac wood with a volume of 5.8m³ of wood.

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