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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alex Croft

Tiger shot dead by German police after escaping enclosure and attacking one of its keepers

The tiger is believed to have been owned by Germany's controversial ‘Tiger Queen’ Carmen Zander - (AFP via Getty Images)

A tiger that is believed to have been owned by Germany's controversial "Tiger Queen" has been shot dead by police after escaping its enclosure and attacking one of its keepers.

Police said that a 72-year-old worker was attacked by the big cat on Sunday inside its enclosure in a privately-owned facility outside Leipzig, in the eastern German state of Saxony.

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