Officer, 45, in critical condition after incident where Barcelona zoo visitors looked on in horror as three lions attacked him.
At midday on Sunday the 45-year-old man, named as Justo José MP, who was wearing military clothing, climbed the fence that separates the lions from the tigers, and headed towards the lions. It was a holiday weekend and the zoo was crowded with families who looked on in horror as he was attacked by a male and two females who dragged him into the four-metre deep moat that separates the animals from the public. Dressed in military uniform, the man climbed over railings and began scaling one of the walls of the enclosure before one of the lions grabbed his leg and dragged him into the pit.
Fire fighters used hoses to keep the lions away from him for about 30 minutes before he could be rescued. He was taken to a city hospital where his condition was described as serious but not life-threatening.
At midday on Sunday the 45-year-old man, named as Justo José MP, who was wearing military clothing, climbed the fence that separates the lions from the tigers, and headed towards the lions. It was a holiday weekend and the zoo was crowded with families who looked on in horror as he was attacked by a male and two females who dragged him into the four-metre deep moat that separates the animals from the public. Dressed in military uniform, the man climbed over railings and began scaling one of the walls of the enclosure before one of the lions grabbed his leg and dragged him into the pit.
Fire fighters used hoses to keep the lions away from him for about 30 minutes before he could be rescued. He was taken to a city hospital where his condition was described as serious but not life-threatening.
