Published 20:02 IST, December 25th 2019
Man survives attack by Bengal tiger in Saudi Arabia zoo, video goes viral
Local media reports identified the victim as Mohammed Abdul Mohsen, a 24-year-old Sudanese-origin man living in Saudi Arabia. Zoo workers rescued Abdul timely.
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A man in Saudi Arabia fell into a tiger enclosure before being rescued by zoo workers earlier this week. shocking video is going viral on social media where man can be seen lying on his back while Bengal tigress mauls at his upper body. Local media reports identified victim as Mohammed Abdul Mohsen, a 24-year-old Sudanese-origin man living in Saudi Arabia. Abdul Mohsen was rushed to a hospital after zoo workers mand to rescue him from pit.
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Mauled by a tiger
incident took place at around 10:30 am inside Riyh wildlife park when zoo workers were alerted and came to man's rescue. Zoo workers fired sedative shots at tigress and when beast passed out, man was rescued and taken to a hospital. Conflicting accounts were reported with some saying that Mohsen deliberately went into enclosure using a rope and expressed a desire to train animal. While Mohsen in an interview said that he became dizzy and accidentally fell into enclosure.
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In ar incident, a video captured a tiger 'attacking' a young boy at Dublin Zoo as child posed for a photo for his d has become an internet sensation. However, tiger's pounce was prevented by a wall of glass between two. In video, it can be seen that tiger froze when boy turned to look at animal before instantly charging when child turned back around for photo.
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Meanwhile, a man entered into enclosure of a lion at Delhi Zoo after climbing its metal grille. He was later brought out safely. 28-year-old man was identified as Rehan Khan from Bihar and police have said that he is mentally unstable as he kept saying that he has come to die and t to rescue him. Zoo workers rushed to spot and gave him a lder to step out but he did t listen. n y tranquillized lion and rescued him.
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20:02 IST, December 25th 2019