Police: Escaped gorilla incident at London zoo ‘concluded’
LONDON — A potentially dangerous incident involving an escaped gorilla ended at the London Zoo Thursday evening after visitors were briefly locked down in a cafeteria and heavily armed officers were summoned to help workers hunt down the animal, police said.
The gorilla was apparently subdued by a tranquilizer gun and recaptured. There were no immediate reports of injuries to the public.
The zoo, inside Regent’s Park in a crowded London neighbourhood, houses at least seven gorillas in its popular Gorilla Kingdom attraction.
Eyewitnesses said the one that escaped appeared agitated and banged on the walls of its enclosure before it got out.