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November 14, 2000 

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - A bear at the city zoo attacked and killed a 7-year-old boy who tried to feed the animal through its cage, a police official said Monday.

The death occurred Saturday when a zookeeper let the boy and three other children wander unsupervised around the newly-built zoo which had not been officially opened, a police spokesman said.

The bear swiped at the boy and knocked him down when the child stepped too close while trying to feed the animal a piece of cabbage, according to a local newspaper Evening Bishkek. The animal then dragged the boy partly into its cage and killed him, the newspaper said.