Residents of an Italian town near Rome were told to stay at home on Saturday after a lion escaped from a local circus.
A lion prowled the streets of an Italian seaside town for several hours Saturday after escaping from a local circus, before being sedated and captured.
Videos later published by Italian media, apparently taken by locals but not confirmed by AFP, showed the adult lion walking through dark and deserted streets. "Now he will be taken in hand by the circus staff," he wrote, thanking emergency services and volunteers who helped during"these hours of great concern".
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