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Man dies in zoo's tiger enclosure

COPENHAGEN: A man was killed by tigers at a zoo yesterday after he scaled a fence and crossed a moat to get into their enclosure in the Danish capital Copenhagen.

The man, in his early 20s, was savaged by three tigers after he broke into Copenhagen Zoo. Police said the man may have been suicidal.

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