Tiger kills girl after zoo camera flash

A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl was bitten to death by a tiger at a south China zoo after posing for a picture with the animal, state media said yesterday.

The girl, identified only as Ruixin, was standing behind the tiger with her mother and four relatives when it attacked her at a zoo in Yunnan province, the Xinhua News Agency said.

The local Chuncheng Evening News reported the tiger attacked the girl soon after the flash went off on a camera hired by her uncle.