Buriram monks brawl after argument over temple pickup truck
BURIRAM — 24 August 2026, A newly ordained monk and a senior monk got into a fistfight at a temple in Buriram after arguing over the use of a pickup truck to transport rocks for repairs around the temple grounds. The newly ordained monk suffered a cut below his left eye that required four stitches […] The post Buriram monks brawl after argument over temple pickup truck appeared first on Khaosod…
BURIRAM — On 24 August 2026, a dispute between a newly ordained monk and a senior monk at Tha Sawang Temple in Buriram escalated into a physical altercation after the young monk sought to use a pickup truck for transporting rocks to repair temple grounds. The recently ordained monk, 21-year-old Anusorn, required four stitches for a cut below his left eye and later filed a police report following the incident.
Local residents treated Anusorn at Krasang Hospital after he sustained a sharp object injury. The senior monk, 50-year-old Santathu Worawuttho, claimed Anusorn attacked him first. The temple abbot and senior monks are now forming a disciplinary committee to investigate the monks' actions according to monastic and Buddhist rules.
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