Lion shot dead at Leipzig zoo after escaping from enclosure

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One of two lions that escaped from an enclosure at a German zoo has been shot dead.

Leipzig zoo said no one was injured in the incident after the lions escaped early on Thursday morning.

One lion was successfully corralled back into its cage and the second was initially shot with a tranquilliser. The tranquilliser failed, zoo director Jörg Junhold told the dpa news agency, giving officials no option but to kill the lion.

“In this case the safety of people came first,” he said.

The two male lions, Majo and Motshegetsi, were born about a year ago at Basel zoo and have been in Leipzig. since August. It was not clear which of the two lions was killed.