Stray tiger kills man after  severe flooding in Georgia

A tiger that escaped from a flooded zoo in Georgia has killed a man at the city's central square.

The animal was one of many to flee its enclosure at the Tbilisi Zoo, following severe flooding in the city.

Police have been deployed to find the animal, which was hiding in a warehouse prior to the attack.

Hundreds of creatures drowned when the zoo was flooded on Sunday.

Many others escaped. Lions, hippos and bears were pictured roaming the streets, with residents urged to stay indoors and avoid contact with any of the animals.

A hippo was cornered before it was eventually subdued with a gun.

A tranquilizer Spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry said the missing lions and tigers have been found dead, with one jaguar unaccounted for.

BBC