Lioness kills Zoo keeper and escapes with her mate

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A lioness in a zoo in Iran killed her keeper as he was feeding her lunch and escaped with a mate, local media reported on Monday</p>
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The pair prowled around the zoo for several hours before they were captured and put back into the cage.</p>
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The official IRNA news agency said the 40-year-old victim, Esfandani, was putting meat through a feeding window when the two lions managed to open their cage.</p>
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"The lioness, which has been in the zoo for several years, managed to open a door of the cage, get out and then attack the 40-year-old guard who had just brought food to the pair of felines," a zoo employee told state broadcaster IRIB.</p>
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He said "the two animals managed to escape" Sunday from their cage in the zoo in the city of Arak, Markazi province, about 200 kilometres southwest of Tehran.</p>
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"Immediately after the incident, security forces took control of the zoo", Amir Hadi, the governor of the province was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.</p>