Tiger kills lion at Turkish zoo

A Turkish zoo says a tiger severed a lion's jugular vein when it stuck its paw through a narrow gap in a door dividing their cages.

The zoo in the Turkish capital of Ankara has denied media reports the tiger bent iron bars to attack the lion and tear it into pieces last September.

It says the tiger squeezed its front leg through the door and in a single stroke left the lion dying in a pool of blood.

It's not clear why the death was publicised so late.