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Girl dies after elephant throws stone in Morocco zoo
A seven-year-old girl has died after being hit by a stone thrown by an elephant from its enclosure at Rabat Zoo in Morocco.
The stone got past the elephant's fence and a ditch separating the animal and visitors, the zoo said in a statement.
The girl was taken to hospital and died within a few hours, the zoo added.
The zoo statement said the enclosure met international standards and said "this kind of accident is rare, unpredictable and unusual".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36914884
The stone got past the elephant's fence and a ditch separating the animal and visitors, the zoo said in a statement.
The girl was taken to hospital and died within a few hours, the zoo added.
The zoo statement said the enclosure met international standards and said "this kind of accident is rare, unpredictable and unusual".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36914884
This has happened before, though I'm not sure if anyone has been killed before:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=elephant+throw+rock+%7C+stone&oq=elephant+throw+rock+%7C+stone&aqs=chrome..69i57.7030j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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