A man has died after reportedly jumping into the lion enclosure at a zoo in Ghana and being attacked.
He died from injuries sustained in the incident and his body had been moved to the morgue.
The motive of the intruder had not yet been determined, Graphic Online news reports.
The man’s lifeless body was discovered by guards at the zoo, around midday.
John Allotey, Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, said officials of the Accra Zoo on a routine patrol on Sunday noticed a middle aged man had jumped the security fences and entered the lions enclosure of the Zoo.
He had been attacked and injured by one of the lions within the inner fencing of the enclosure, Mr Allotey said.
Accra Zoo authorities successfully coaxed the lions into a secure hold, before inviting the Achimota Police to convey the body and commence investigations.
