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Crocodile attacks worker at Jerusalem zoo, leaving him in moderate-severe condition
A crocodile at the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, August 18, 2024. (Israel Police)
A worker was attacked by a crocodile in its enclosure at Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo, police say.
Sounds of gunfire heard in the area were the result of a security guard shooting the crocodile as it began biting the worker, likely saving his life, police say.
The worker is in a moderate-severe condition and is being treated by doctors for the bite wounds on his body, police state, adding that they are probing the incident.
It is not clear if the crocodile was killed by the gunfire.
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