Girl, 7, dies after elephant throws rock from enclosure at Morocco zoo

By Megan Levy
Updated August 28 2016 - 10:26pm, first published July 29 2016 - 8:04am
A witness filmed the moments after the elephant threw a rock that struck a girl at the zoo in Morocco.  Photo: Jadid247/YouTube
A witness filmed the moments after the elephant threw a rock that struck a girl at the zoo in Morocco. Photo: Jadid247/YouTube

A seven-year-old girl has died in a freak accident at a zoo in Morocco when an elephant threw a rock that struck the child in the head, the zoo has confirmed.

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