Lion shot dead in Somaliland After it Escaped from a zoo

Somaliland Police have shot dead one of two lions that escaped from a cage which is owned by a former minister.

The lion was sighted straying on the streets of Hargeisa and around the neighborhoods.

It was reported that two people, a woman and one passenger inside a car, became preys to the escaped lion.
The owner who is former minister Ali Mohamed Waran-Adde said the lions escaped as a worker was trying to feed them.
He added that it was raining and immediately he opened the door they jumped and ran outside. The lions stamped on him but he was not hurt.
“Naturally when it is raining lions get excited and become playful and run around,” Mr Waran-Adde told journalist.

A journalist tweeted a previous photo of the former minister with one of his pet lions:

Trained security guards at the zoo pursued the lions and managed to capture one of the lions named Jumbo. The other lion attacked a woman as it ran and was later shot.
“My son shot the lion twice to save the woman,” Mr Waran-Adde said.
The Somaliland police followed the lion into a nearby forest where it was hiding and shot it dead.