I’m waiting for a final, consistent account from the police, or somebody halfway trustworthy. The last I heard was that the vodka bottle was in the car, not on the brothers. I don’t know if the slingshots were also in the car, or never existed at all. Certainly the brothers were bad characters with criminal records. I’m sure they were up to no good, but little is known about possible taunting of the tiger at this time, except that witnesses saw them “roaring” at the beast.
Last I heard, the slingshots were in the car. This may have been revised though.
Police have also said there is no proof of that and the lady in question said four boys were roaring at the lions.