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Woman mauled to death by tiger in Beijing animal park

(Xinhua) Updated: 2016-07-25 07:53

Woman mauled to death by tiger in Beijing animal park

Woman mauled to death by tiger in Beijing animal park

Woman mauled to death by tiger in Beijing animal park

Woman mauled to death by tiger in Beijing animal park

Screen shots of China Central Television show the two tourists being attacked by a Siberian tiger in Badaling Wildlife World in Beijing, July 23, 2016.  

BEIJING -- A woman was mauled to death and another injured by a Siberian tiger in a wildlife park in Beijing Saturday.

The tragedy happened on Saturday afternoon when the two women left their car while touring Badaling Wildlife World in the northern outskirts of Beijing, the Yanqing district government said on Sunday.

Visitors are warned not to get out of their cars, but some disobey the rule.

The injured woman is out of danger.

An investigation has begun and the zoo has been temporarily closed.

Badaling Wildlife World covers an area of 400 hectares and has about 10,000 wild animals.

 

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