Girl seriously injured in wolf attack at German wildlife park

An eight-year-old girl has been seriously injured in a wolf attack at a German wildlife park.

She was inside an enclosure at the Johannismühle park in Brandenburg, south of Berlin, with a staff member and two other children when the attack happened, police said.

They said in a statement that the "precise circumstances of the incident are the subject of an ongoing police investigation".

The girl was taken to hospital by helicopter after the incident on Wednesday. No one else was injured.

The park, in the town of Baruth/Mark, has been closed temporarily and is set to reopen on 2 November, according to its website, which did not give further details.