Berlin: A tiger escaped its enclosure at Cologne Zoo in western Germany on Saturday and killed a female keeper before being shot dead by the zoo's director, police said.
The tiger managed to get from the enclosure to an adjacent storage building, where it attacked the 43-year-old keeper, said police spokesman Stefan Kirchner.
"It appears the gate wasn't properly shut," Mr Kirchner told The Associated Press.
The zoo's director used a rifle to shoot the animal dead through the storage building's skylight before it could make its way to the visitor areas, he added.
Mr Kirchner said it was unlikely that members of the public had witnessed the incident which occurred around noon (1000 GMT) Saturday.
The tiger managed to get from the enclosure to an adjacent storage building, where it attacked the 43-year-old keeper, said police spokesman Stefan Kirchner.
"It appears the gate wasn't properly shut," Mr Kirchner told The Associated Press.
Mr Kirchner said it was unlikely that members of the public had witnessed the incident which occurred around noon (1000 GMT) Saturday.
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