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Lioness kills visitor at Kiev zoo

 

The zoo was full of visitors when the man entered the lion's den

 

A lioness at Kiev's zoo has killed a man who climbed into her enclosure.

A Ukrainian of Azerbaijani origin lowered himself into the enclosure using a rope. He was quoted as saying God would save him.

 

One of four lions in the enclosure seized the 45-year-old by the throat, and he died at the scene.

 

The zoo - which keeps the lions on an "island" protected by concrete blocks - was packed with visitors at the time of the attack on Sunday.

 

"The man shouted 'God will save me, if he exists', lowered himself by a rope into the enclosure, took his shoes off and went up to the lions," a zoo official told Reuters news agency.

 

"A lioness went straight for him, knocked him down and severed his carotid artery."

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5049082.stm

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