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Former child actor killed by a tiger in England

By , based on La Nouvelle Tribune

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William Chapman, a former child actor, died after entering the enclosure of Altai, a Siberian tiger, at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, England. Police have opened an investigation into the 10 October attack, while his family is calling for footage to stop being broadcast, according to British media.

William Chapman died on 10 October after being attacked by Altai, a Siberian tiger, in its enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, England. Emergency services, alerted at around 1.35pm, were unable to save him and he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to British police cited by British media on 13 October.

The investigation also revealed that William Chapman had been an actor as a child and had shared the screen with Shirley Henderson, who played Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter series. A man killed by a tiger at a British wildlife park

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