TBILISI // A lion that escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital Tbilisi during the weekend’s freak floods killed a man in the city centre on Wednesday.
“A lion from the Tbilisi zoo killed a man” near the central square, an interior ministry spokeswoman said.
“Police special forces were deployed and are hunting down the animal,” she said.
Georgian media said the lion had been hiding in a warehouse and escaped the citywide police search for the escaped animals, many of which were shot dead.
Floods hit Tbilisi on Sunday, killing at least 17 people and ravaging the city’s central districts including the zoo. Hundreds of animals, including lions, tigers, wolves and a hippo, escaped.
Over half of the animals – some 300 species – either drowned in the muddy waters or were killed by police.
* Agence France-Presse
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