Elephant kills girl by throwing stone

A seven-year-old girl has died after being hit by a stone thrown by an elephant from its enclosure at Rabat Zoo in Morocco. The stone got past the elephant’s fence and a ditch separating the animal and visitors, the zoo said in a statement. The girl was taken to hospital and died within a few […]

A seven-year-old girl has died after being hit by a stone thrown by an elephant from its enclosure at Rabat Zoo in Morocco.
The stone got past the elephant’s fence and a ditch separating the animal and visitors, the zoo said in a statement. The girl was taken to hospital and died within a few hours, the zoo added.
The zoo statement said the enclosure met international standards and said “this kind of accident is rare, unpredictable and unusual”.