In Tbilisi, a tiger and a lion escaped from a zoo attacked people

Worker injured by white tiger in Tbilisi died, special forces conducts an operation to neutralize the predator.

Earlier it was reported that a lion or tiger that escaped from the zoo during a flood attacked a person. The predator was hiding in a warehouse near the Laguna Vere swimming complex and attacked the man when he went inside.

It is reported that another person received injuries from a predator attack.

Police and special forces are trying to neutralize the tiger, but he has not yet been caught. In the area where the animal was noticed, the roads were blocked, the police asked the citizens not to leave their homes.

Earlier it was reported that a live penguin was spotted on the border with Azerbaijan in the area of ​​the Red Bridge customs checkpoint, which was washed into the Kura River during a flood in Tbilisi.

Many hours of rain, which took place in Tbilisi on the night of June 14, led to a devastating flood. As a result, half of the Tbilisi zoo was destroyed. He lost more than half of his pets, including lions, tigers, bears, wolves and other animals. The animals either drowned or were shot by special forces. Half of the territory of the zoo was flooded and destroyed by the elements. Three employees of the zoo died.

The size of flood damage in Tbilisi will reach 100 million lari (about $ 45 million), Georgian Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze told reporters.