Circus lion slashes four-year-old girl's face in Russia; director detained, committee to investigate safety breaches

Amateur footage broadcast on television showed the animal, held on a lead by a lion tamer, pouncing suddenly on the child. Such attacks are a regular occurrence in Russia, where acts using wild animals remain common and numerous poorly regulated circuses travel the provinces.

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