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Gorilla escapes London Zoo enclosure: Primate sparks emergency after break out Gorilla escapes London Zoo enclosure: Primate sparks emergency after break out
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A gorilla sparked a major emergency at London Zoo after breaking out of its enclosure. A gorilla sparked a major emergency at London Zoo after breaking out of its enclosure.
:: An updated version of this story can be found here Although members of the public and staff were locked in, the zoo insisted they were not at risk.
Although members of the public and staff were locked in, the zoo insisted they were not at risk. Staff armed with tranquiliser darts roamed the zoo looking for the animal, before it was eventually recaptured.
Staff armed with tranquiliser darts were roaming the zoo looking for the animal. The incident came just months after Harambe the gorilla was killed by staff at Cincinatti Zoo as it held a child who had fallen into its enclosure.
The incident came just months after the gorilla Harambe was killed by staff at Cincinatti Zoo after it grabbed a child who had fallen into its enclosure. In a short statement London Zoo had said it was "managing an incident", although a spokesman was unable to confirm to The Independent whether zoo keepers were armed with tranquiliser darts or real bullets.
In a short statement London Zoo said it is "managing an incident". A visitor who was at London Zoo at the time said he had seen the gorilla throwing itself at the window of its enclosure 30 minutes before it escaped.​
A spokesman was unable to confirm to The Independent whether zoo keepers were armed with tranquiliser darts or real bullets. Another visitor, Dr Jonathan Mall, tweeted during the incident: “Huddling in a building at the London Zoo after staff told us to get into a building quickly."
Dr. Jonathan Mall wrote: “Huddling in a building at the London Zoo after staff told us to get into a building quickly." Eyewitness Brad Evans told BBC Radio London he had been "locked in" before seeing police turn up "with loads of guns".
Scotland Yard released a statement saying it was called to the zoo in Regent's Park just after 3pm. Mr Evans said: "We were having a cup of coffee in the main restaurant area when they locked us all in and said there was an incident.
"We were called at 1515 by security to an ongoing incident," it said. "They gave us free teas and coffees and obviously we were asking what was going on and they told us that a gorilla had got out of its enclosure.
The gorilla has been subdued and recaptured, the Met has announced. "As we were waiting we saw the police turning up in numbers with loads of guns."
The Met confirmed they got the first call from the Zoo at 5.17pm, and the animal was recaptured shortly before 6.30pm. 
A police spokesman later told The Independent the "incident has been concluded".
The animal's condition remains unclear.
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