Pria China Tewas Diterkam Tiga Harimau di Depan Istri dan Anaknya
Tourist Mauled to Death in Front of His Wife and Child by Three Tigers
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
SEORANG wisatawan diterkam dan dicabik-cabik oleh tiga ekor harimau di depan istri dan anaknya, kata saksi di lokasi kejadian.
Media China menyatakan pria berkeluarga tersebut tewas setelah dia masuk kandang dan berjalan mendekati harimau yang sedang lapar dan mereka kemudian ingin memakan korbannya - salah satu harimau ditembak dan dibunuh saat peristiwa mengerikan itu terjadi.
Rekaman menghebohkan menunjukkan sang turis malang menggeliat kesakitan di rumput ketika tiga hewan buas menggigit dan mencakar tubuhnya dengan cakar besar mereka yang tajam.
Harimau menyerang pria malang di kebon binatang Ningbo Zoo Muda, di China timur, dan tidak menggubris ketika penjaga kebun binatang mencoba untuk menakut-nakuti mereka dengan petasan dan kanon air.
Laporan media setempat mengatakan pria itu tewas lantaran luka-lukanya setelah makhluk hewan buas menggigit kepala dan lehernya.
Pengunjung lain menyaksikan tanpa daya ketika pakaian korban dicabik-cabik dan dia berbaring telungkup di tanah hanya mengenakan celana.
Adegan mengerikan itu kemudian kian mengejutkan ketika pria malang itu gagal untuk menangkis serangan harimau dengan kakinya.
Menurut ntdtv.com seekor harimau kemudian terlihat menyeret tubuh berlumuran darah itu ke dalam hutan dengan menggigit kakinya.
Seorang saksi mengaku bergidik kepada South China Morning Post: "Saya melihat harimau menerkam manusia, wajahnya berlumuran darah. Setiap kali dia duduk, harimau mendorongnya untuk terlentang lagi."
Saksi di tempat kejadian mengatakan korban berjalan ke zona isolasi sesaat sebelum pukul 14:30 waktu setempat dan menyeberangi sungai kecil yang memisahkan kandang dari pengunjung.
Dia mengaku terkejut kepada The Beijing News bahwa orang itu bersama istri dan anaknya ketika ia secara sukarela memasuki kandang.
Petugas medis segera membawa korban ke rumah sakit di Provinsi Zhejiang, China timur hari ini.
Laporan yang saling bertentangan masih muncul tentang kondisi korban, beberapa pihak mengatakan tim medis masih merawat luka-lukanya dan yang lain mengatakan korban tewas.
Petugas menutup kebon binatang pada pukul 15:00 waktu setempat - Polisi dan petugas kehutanan tiba 15 menit kemudian.
Kemarin harimau Bengal putih mengakibatkan kekacauan di jalan-jalan Sisilia setelah melarikan diri dari arena sirkus.
Warga bersembunyi di dalam rumah mereka, sementara harimau terjebak dan dikelilingi oleh polisi khusus di tempat parkir pribadi.
Bulan ini dokter hewan dan asistennya diterkam dan dicabik-cabik hingga tewas oleh tiga singa yang haus darah di dalam suaka margasatwa seperti dilansir The Sun.
A TOURIST has been mauled ‘to death’ by three tigers in front of his wife and child, stunned witnesses have reported.
Chinese media claims the father died after he entered the enclosure and walked towards the hungry cats as they were feeding – one tiger was shot and killed during the drama.
Horrendous footage shows the visitor writhing in agony on the floor as the three animals bite and claw his body with their massive paws.
The tigers attacked the man inside Ningbo Younger Zoo, in east China, and were undeterred when zoo keepers tried to scare them off with firecrackers and water canons.
Local reports say the man has died from his injuries after the the captive creatures bit into his head and neck.
Other visitors watch helplessly as his clothes were ripped off and he lay face down on the ground in just pants.
At one point in the shocking clip the man unsuccessfully tries to fend off one of the tigers with his foot.
According to ntdtv.com one tiger was then seen dragging the man's blood-soaked body into the enclosure woods by his foot.
One horrified witness told the South China Morning Post: "I saw the tiger mauling the person, whose face was covered with blood. Every time he sat up, the tiger pushed him down again."
Bystanders said he walked into an isolation zone shortly before 2.30 p.m. local time (6,30 a.m. UK time) and crossed a river that separates the enclosure from visitors.
Shocked witnesses The Beijing News that the man was with his wife and child when he voluntarily entered the enclosure.
Emergency workers rushed the man to a hospital in east China's Zhejiang Province today.
Conflicting reports are still emerging about the man's condition, with some suggesting medical staff are still treating his injuries and others suggesting he has died.
Officials closed the zoo at 3 p.m. - police and forestry bureau staff arrived 15 minutes later.
Yesterday a white Bengal tiger caused chaos in the streets of Sicily after escaping from a circus.
Residents barricaded themselves inside their homes, while the tiger was trapped and surrounded by special police in a private parking lot.
This month a vet and his assistant were mauled to death by three bloodthirsty lions inside a wildlife reserve.
A security official at the park in western Jordan says the deadly big cats were put down after Sunday’s attack.