Horrifying moment animal tamer is fatally savaged by a lion in front of screaming audience at Egyptian circus

This horrifying footage shows the gruesome moment a circus trainer was mauled by a lion during a live show in Egypt. Trainer Islam Shaheen, 35, was filmed motioning at a lion with a stick as another climbed up a ladder during the performance in Alexandria, in the north of the country. At that moment, a third lion came into view and launched a savage attack on the trainer, rearing up and biting him in the neck as watching children screamed in terror. Other trainers rushed to try and help Shaheen, lying helpless on the ground, by poking the lion with sticks. As the music cut out abruptly, the only sound was the screams of the panicked crowd fleeing in fright. Shaheen was rushed to Andalusian Salam hospital but died later from his injuries.