Tiger kills zoo worker

A worker was killed and another injured in a tiger attack in a zoo in southern Vietnam.

Duong Thanh Phi, director of the zoo at Dai Nam entertainment park in Binh Duong province, said the 47-year-old worker died on the way to a hospital after being mauled in the head and neck while another worker was injured.

The director said today the workers were planting trees when the tiger jumped the five-meter high electrified wall of his cage and attacked them.

The tiger has been placed in an iron cage.

Binh Duong is adjacent to Ho Chi Minh City.