A second woman was bitten in several places and a man was injured in the back of his head, during the Bengal tiger attack. - AFP
TOKYO (AFP): A tiger bit off a keeper's hand and attacked two other people at a safari park near Tokyo, Japanese media reported Wednesday (Jan 5).
The tiger, a 10-year-old male Bengal who was around two metres (6.5 feet) in length and weighed 150 kilograms (330 pounds), attacked as the three keepers were preparing for the day at the Nasu Safari Park in Tochigi prefecture around 8.30am, Kyodo news agency reported.
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