Female zookeeper killed and husband injured in rhino attack at Austrian zoo

Zoo director Sabine Grebner told reporters on Tuesday that the 33-year-old woman, a German citizen, was assigned that day to put an insect repellent on the rhino

An ambulance is parked at the entrance of the Hellbrunn Zoo in Salzburg (AP)

A female zookeeper has been killed and her husband badly injured after they were attacked by a rhino at a zoo in Austria.

The attack happened at the Hellbrunn zoo in the western city of Salzburg.