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White tiger mauls 20-yr-old to death at Delhi zoo New Delhi, September 23 A zoological park spokesperson said the incident took place at about 1 pm at beat number eight enclosure which houses a six-year-old white tiger named Vijay. Chintu, who claimed to have witnessed the incident, said Maqsood lost his balance when he entered the tiger's enclosure and fell into a moat, 20 feet below. "The tiger walked towards Maqsood and stood in front of him. To divert tiger’s attention, people started hurling stones and branches at the animal. The tiger, however, attacked Maqsood," said another eyewitness Shiv Kumar. The animal then dragged Maqsood away from the moat. “We shouted for help, but security guards were not there. Some officials arrived after 10 minutes. But the youth was dead by then,” said an eyewitness Captain Sharda.
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