Posted on 05/12/2025 12:02:47 PM PDT by Angelino97
A man was mauled to death and eaten by his pet lion just days after buying the beast to keep in his back garden.
A resident of Najaf, southern Iraq, was horrifically attacked by the predator before it consumed most of his body on Thursday.
'Today in a garden in the city of Kufa in Najaf, a citizen was attacked by a lion in his own garden and died immediately,' Mufid Tahir, spokesperson for the Najaf Police, told local news site Rudaw.
He added that because the lion had eaten a large portion of the man's body, and because the animal refused to leave the remains, it had to be killed.
The victim, 50-year-old Aqil Fakhr al-Din, had reportedly been keeping lions and other wild animals in his garden for several years, according to Tahir.
But on Thursday, the predator launched a surprise attack on its trainer before ferociously mauling him to death and devouring him.
One of the victim's neighbours reportedly intervened and shot the lion with a Kalashnikov rifle, killing it with seven bullets, as per local TV reports.
But by the time the lion was killed, it was too late for al-Din. He was immediately transferred to Al-Sadr Medical City Hospital in Najaf but did not survive due to the extent of his injuries.
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When they’re cubs that is, but when they grow up, well…
I just consulted a world map color-code by each country’s average intelligence. The facts fit with the map.
Somebody explain the difference between this and getting married.
Taste like chicken
Hold my Koran and watch this
Must have been hungry. I feel sorry for the lion.
Diminished IQs’
tell me He was wanting a
Furrie !
al Din became al Dinner
That man is an idiot, I don’t care that he died.
I do care that tha beautiful lion, just doing what lions do, was killed.
My cat agrees. B@tchy kitty bites me every day.
No? Hmmmm. OK. Just nymphomania then:
Nymphomaniacal Jill
Used a dynamite stick for a thrill.
They found her vagina
In North Carolina,
And bits of her tits in Brazil. 😃
Wonder if the lion was related to Simba in the Disney Lion King.
Hakuna Matata!
Ironic!
al-Dim not Din
I am reminded of the old FRACTURED FAIRY TALES about Androcles and the lion. “ If a Lion says he won’t eat you, remember he is a lyin’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-CZK357jM0
This supports the postulate that a house cat would kill their owners if they were just big enough.
So would the parakeets.
Well done!
Swiped
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