Two lions were shot and killed after a man jumped into their enclosure and stripped naked, officials said.
The big cats, located at the Santiago Metropolitan Zoo, were shot in order to save the man, according to a statement posted on the Santiago Metropolitan Zoo’s Facebook page.
The man was apparently trying to kill himself—according to a note found in his clothes, reported Chilean media outlet La Nacion.
Zoo staff shot the lions with live rounds to protect the man, identified as Franco Luis Ferrada.
