The 45-year-old has been left with serious injuries after he
was mauled by three of the animals for about half-an-hour before he could be
rescued.
Dressed in military uniform, the man, who is reportedly a
police officer, climbed over railings and began scaling one of the walls in the
enclosure before being picked up by one of the animals and thrown into a
pit.
The 45-year-old was rescued around 30 minutes later, covered
in scratches and bite marks. He was taken to the city's Hospital de la Vall
D'Hebron where he remains in a serious but not life-threatening condition.
According to Spanish reports, the man climbed over fencing
to enter the enclosure as horrified tourists watched on.
The 45-year-old was rescued around 30 minutes later, covered
in scratches and bite marks. He was taken to the city's Hospital de la Vall
D'Hebron where he remains in a serious but not life-threatening condition.
According to Spanish reports, the man climbed over fencing
to enter the enclosure as horrified tourists watched on.
Footage of the bizarre incident shows him scaling one of the
enclosure's walls before being tossed by the leg into a pit by a lioness.
He emerged some 30 minutes later after fire fighters used
hoses to fight the animals off of him.
According to local reports, the man, named by El Pais as
Justo Jose MP, is a neo-Nazi demonstrator.
He was arrested last month in the city centre after draping
banners emblazoned with Swastikas over the famous Casa Mila building in an
anti-abortion protest.
'It is not known whether the incident at the zoo was a
demonstration, though fire fighters said the man could not have entered the
enclosure accidentally.
'The security system makes it impossiblef for a person to
fall into the enclosure. It cannot have been by accident, to enter (the
enclosure) you have to want to go in,' said chief fire fighter of the Bomberos
de Barcelona, Hector Carmona.
While he emerged from the enclosure covered in bite marks
and scratches, zoo keepers have insisted the lions were merely trying to play
with him, Spanish news outlet 20minutos reports.
'The intention was not to kill him, they were just trying to
play with him, Ignasi Armengol, director of Barcelona Municipal Services said.'
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