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Tokyo: Police say a Japanese zookeeper was mauled to death by a tiger while he cleaned the animal's cage.
Atsushi Ito was attacked on Saturday by the 330-pound male tiger at the Kyoto City Zoo in western Japan. The zoo was open when the attack occurred and a visitor found Ito lying in the cage bleeding.
"The tiger bit him on the neck, face and head," said Toshiomi Ootaguro, a Kyoto police official.
Police suspect Ito had failed to lock the cage's door, allowing the 11-year-old tiger to slip into a room where he was working.
"After the attack, he was rushed to a nearby hospital, but he was already in cardiac arrest," he said.
The zoo was closed after the incident. Zoo officials could not be reached for comment.
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