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A MALAYSIAN cleaner died after he was mauled by a white tiger at
the Singapore Zoo on Thursday.
Mr Nordin Mondong, 32, from Sarawak, is believed to have fallen
into the moat surrounding the white tiger enclosure at about
12.15pm and was immediately pounced on by the three big cats
weighing over 100 kg each.
Terrified visitors near the section watched the vicious attack
in horror and screamed.
Three zoo keepers were alerted to the commotion and sprang to
rescue Mr Nordin. Two of them tried to distract the three tigers
and managed to keep them under control but a third kept on mauling
Mr Nordin.
The keepers managed to pull the cleaner to safety and rushed him
to hospital. But he died on the way.
Mr Nordin started working at the Zoo in June.
It is believed he was not supposed to be in the tiger enclosure
and was assigned to clean the chimpanzee section.
He was seen behaving in an agitated manner before he fell into
the moat. " unquote.
