Youngsters went to look for cattle near Ngorongoro conservation area on Monday

Three young children have been killed by lions near Tanzania’s world-renowned Ngorongoro wildlife reserve as they went to look for lost cattle, according to local police.

The youngsters, aged between nine and 11, had arrived home from school on Monday and gone into a forest near the Ngorongoro conservation area to search for the missing animals, Arusha police chief, Justine Masejo, said. “That is when the lions attacked and killed three children, while injuring one,” he said on Thursday.

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