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Indian white tiger kills man at Delhi zoo | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
A white tiger has attacked and killed a man who was in its enclosure at Delhi zoo. | |
Zoo manager Riaz Khan said the young man "leapt over the railing into the tiger enclosure". | |
Initial reports described him as a schoolboy or student, but Delhi police later said he was a 20-year-old factory worker. | |
The victim's parents reportedly told police that he had received treatment for mental illness. | |
Television pictures showed the frightened man crouching against a wall while the tiger stood near him. | |
An eyewitness said he was leaning over the barricade which was "very low" and might have fallen inside the enclosure. | |
"Around 1:30pm, we were in the reptiles area when we heard loud screams," eyewitness Himanshu told CNN-IBN news channel. | |
"I ran to the tiger enclosure where we saw that a white tiger had caught the (man) by his neck and he was writhing in pain. Some children threw small sticks and stones at the tiger. | |
"He suffered for the next 10-15 minutes but nobody helped him." | "He suffered for the next 10-15 minutes but nobody helped him." |
Himanshu said the police "came very quickly", but could not save him. | Himanshu said the police "came very quickly", but could not save him. |
White tigers | White tigers |
"We are all in a complete state of shock," Reuters quoted Amitabh Agnihotri, the director of the National Zoological Park, which manages the Delhi zoo, as saying. | |
"The tiger grabbed the (man) and killed him. I am not clear whether the (man) jumped into the cage or he slipped accidentally," he said. | |
The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination and police have begun an investigation into the incident. | The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination and police have begun an investigation into the incident. |