Tiger attacks zoo workers north of Tokyo

A tiger attacked three workers at a safari park north of the capital, Tokyo, local police said on Wednesday, seriously injuring one of them.
The accident occurred around 8:30 a.m. at Nasu Safari Park in Tochigi Prefecture, just before it opened.

The authorities said that of the three injured workers, one was taken by helicopter to the hospital with serious injuries. The other two were transported in an ambulance.