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Show ; oo i1 CHILD ATTACKED BY STARVING LION EL PASO, Tex, Nov IS. Irrnaelo JIabedo, five years old. is suffering ,from lnjurlr-s receiver! when ho was 'I attacked by a lion in a Mexican clr-eus clr-eus howlne; here. The animal, ac-cordlng ac-cordlng to employes of the circus, was J l.cinjT starved to flsbt a bull in the Juarez arena next Sunday afternoon. The boj was standing near the cage The lion pawed at him, knockod him down, dragged him against tho bars of the cage, Injured his head and . clawed him peverely before the crowd could free the child. I Tho lad was the third child to be attacked by the animal In the past few months, circus men paid. A boy who was attacked In Silver City, N. M . . a few weeks ago, died, they said, and another child was scratched by the lion three nights ago. Pollco said Habedo's condition was not serious. |