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Seoul zookeeper injured in tiger attack
A zookeeper was seriously injured after being attacked by a tiger at Seoul Zoo on the southern outskirts of the capital on Sunday, police and zoo officials said.
The ill-fated employee, identified only as Shim, was taken to a nearby hospital and is in serious condition after being mauled by a three-year-old Siberian male tiger, which escaped from its indoor playground and was sitting in a corridor used by zookeepers, the officials said.
The 52-year-old Shim, who was bitten in the neck and found lying on the floor shortly after 10 a.m., still remains unconscious at the nearby Hallym University Medical Center, they said.
No other injury was reported, they added, as zoo officials rushed to the scene and managed to force the tiger back into its indoor playground at 10:38 a.m., they said. All ordinary zoo visitors were evacuated following the incident.
They didn't give any explanation on how the tiger got loose, only saying that an investigation is under way. (Yonhap news)