ACCRA, Aug 29, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - A lion in a Ghana zoo killed a man who 
scaled the fence and landed in its enclosure Sunday, wildlife officials said 
in a statement.

The man was attacked by the lion after jumping over the security fences of 
the zoo in the capital, Accra, said the Forestry Commission, the state agency 
in charge of wildlife in Ghana.

"The intruder was attacked and injured by one of the lions, within the inner 
fencing of the enclosure," the statement said, adding that he had died of his 
injuries.

The lion, a lioness and two cubs were still secure in their enclosure at the 
Accra Zoo, it added.

A police spokesman told AFP: "We're investigating the case to establish how 
the man got into the restricted area."

The Accra Zoo was first established as a private menagerie in the early 1960s 
by Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah. The Accra Zoo was opened to the 
public after his overthrow in 1966.