A tiger has killed a man in the centre of Georgia's capital, and wounded another person, after escaping from a zoo. 
 
 The animal, which fled its enclosure in Tbilisi Zoo after it was destroyed by heavy flooding, has been killed by police. 
 
 It was first thought that the victim had been killed by a lion, but the interior ministry later confirmed a tiger was responsible. 
 
 The tiger eluded a citywide search for escaped animals because it was in a factory. 
 
 Alexander Shavgulashvili, who saw the attack, said: "When (the victim) entered the tiger jumped from the room, it bit him on the neck. 
 
 "At first, we could not enter the room, then we broke the metal bars and the tiger escaped because it was scared of the noise." 
 
 Police have cordoned off the factory where the tiger attacked two people 
 
 Hippopotamuses, bears and wolves were released onto the streets in Georgia's capital following the severe weather - but the country's Prime Minister had insisted that all dangerous animals had been accounted for. 
 
 Many of the animals drowned in the floodwaters, while others were euthanised or shot dead by police. 
 
 1 / 14 Gallery: Animals On The Loose After Deadly Floods In Georgia Tigers, lions, bears and wolves have escaped from their cages after heavy rainfall hit the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. WARNING: Some people may find some of the following images upsetting 
 
 Residents had been told to stay indoors after the mass escape, and report any sightings of zoo animals to the authorities. 
 
 At least 15 people were killed after the torrential downpours on Saturday. 
 
 The floods turned a stream that runs through Tbilisi into a raging torrent that destroyed houses, tore up roads and carried away cars. 
 
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 On Tuesday, zoo spokeswoman Mziya Sharashidze had said eight lions, all seven of the zoo's tigers and at least two of its three jaguars were killed. 
 
 Only two of the zoo's 14 bears survived, while nine of its 17 penguins died, she added. 
 
 Hundreds of homeless dogs at a private shelter near the zoo also died in the flooding, according to staff. ||||| Media caption Footage from the Georgia Ministry of Internal Affairs showed the tiger being stretchered away 
 
 A tiger that killed a man and wounded another after escaping from a flooded zoo in Georgia has been shot dead, the Georgian interior ministry says. 
 
 The animal was one of several to break free from enclosures at Tbilisi Zoo last weekend following severe flooding. 
 
 Police said they tracked the tiger to a disused warehouse but could not sedate it because it was too aggressive. 
 
 The flash floods devastated parts of Tbilisi, claiming the lives of 13 people, including three zoo keepers. 
 
 There was uncertainty on Wednesday about the number of dangerous animals still on the loose, with reports on Twitter of another tiger being cornered in a city centre cafe after the first was shot dead. 
 
 The zoo had said on Tuesday that all of the missing lions and tigers had been found dead, with one jaguar unaccounted for - sparking confusion when news of the tiger attack on the two men emerged. 
 
 Tiger 'liquidated' 
 
 Internal Affairs Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri told the press that the animal was found "hiding in an unused store room". 
 
 "We tried our best to sedate the tiger, but it was not possible because the animal was too aggressive. So unfortunately we had to liquidate it," he said. 
 
 Special police units drafted in to deal with the threat posed by dangerous animals have faced criticism, with zoo workers alleging that animals have been killed unnecessarily. 
 
 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Police said they were unable to sedate the Tiger because it was too agressive 
 
 Image copyright AP Image caption Armed police officers searched the area after the animals escaped 
 
 The zoo's website says two white Bengal tigers live at the facility, one male and one female. 
 
 The flash floods devastated parts of Tbilisi, claiming the lives of 13 people, including three zoo keepers. 
 
 Up to six people are still missing and about 40 families lost their homes. 
 
 Image copyright Tinatin Kiguradze, AP Image caption A hippo was cornered before it was eventually subdued with a tranquiliser gun 
 
 Huge clean-up at zoo 
 
 In pictures: Floods chaos in Tbilisi 
 
 Hundreds of volunteers took to the streets on Wednesday to help clear up the mess left by the floodwater. 
 
 "It is hard work, yes, but we should do it, it is our job," one volunteer told the BBC. "We do not work for the zoo, we are just citizens helping to arrange everything. It's the only zoo we have." 
 
 The volunteers, many dressed in trainers and ordinary clothes and armed only with shovels, helped dig animals from the mud and carry them away. 
 
 Media caption Volunteers dig through the mud after a flash flood hit the city's zoo 
 
 Hundreds of creatures drowned when the zoo was swamped by floodwater, while many others escaped. 
 
 Lions, hippos and bears were pictured roaming the streets, with residents urged to stay indoors and avoid contact with any of the animals.
– A tiger roaming the streets of the Georgian capital of Tbilisi—one of several creatures that escaped the Tbilisi zoo this weekend amid heavy flooding—killed a man today in a main city square, and wounded another, reports the BBC. The killing set off a hunt by camouflaged special forces, who tracked the tiger down and "liquidated" it, an interior ministry rep says, per the Washington Post. The tiger apparently evaded being caught by hanging out in an abandoned factory, Sky News reports; Georgia's PM mistakenly said yesterday all missing animals had been accounted for. Earlier reports had suggested the attacks were the work of a lion, the BBC notes. (It can happen here, too: A tiger escaped its cage at the San Francisco Zoo in 2007 and killed a visitor.)