Thai authorities arrested an elephant handler in the case of a 22-year-old Spanish tourist who died after being injured by an elephant at a sanctuary in the south of the country.

A Thai man has been charged with “negligence causing death” after an elephant gored a Spanish tourist at a sanctuary in southern Thailand last week.

Thai police have charged a mahout after an elephant in his care gored a Spanish tourist to death last week. Theerayut Inthaphudkij, 38, was charged with negligence causing death, local authorities said Monday.

A Spanish woman was gored to death by an elephant while bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand on Friday, according to local police.

Blanca Ojanguren, a 22-year-old student from Spain, was killed by an elephant on Friday during a bathing session at Koh Yao Elephant Care

A stressed elephant killed a Spanish tourist while she was bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand, police said.