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Woman dies from tiger attack in China zoo

Xinhua, August 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

A female tourist died after being attacked by a tiger in a wildlife park in north China's Hebei Province on Wednesday, local authorities said.

The woman broke park rules by going out of her own car when touring the wildlife park in the city of Qinhuangdao and then got attacked by a tiger at 1:55 p.m., the city's publicity department said.

The woman was rushed to hospital but died there after treatment failed, it said. Endite