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White tiger kills schoolboy at Delhi zoo Indian white tiger kills student at Delhi zoo
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A white tiger has attacked and killed an Indian schoolboy at Delhi zoo, officials and witnesses say. A white tiger has attacked and killed an Indian student at Delhi zoo, officials and witnesses say.
Zoo manager Riaz Khan said the teenager "seems to have leapt over the railing into the tiger enclosure", news agency AFP reported. Zoo manager Riaz Khan said the young man "leapt over the railing into the tiger enclosure". Initial reports described him as a schoolboy.
An eyewitness told an Indian television channel that the teenager was leaning over the barricade when he fell into the tiger's enclosure. Television pictures showed the student crouching against a wall while the tiger stood near him.
The animal dragged the boy away and killed him, he said. An eyewitness said he was leaning over the barricade which was "very low" and may have fallen inside the enclosure.
"Around 1.30 pm, 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 student 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."
Himanshu said the police "came very quickly", but could not save him.
White tigers are a rare variant of the customary orange Bengal sub-species.
Considered an endangered species, they are found in south and east Asia, particularly India, and owe their colour to a recessive gene.