Gorilla runs amok in zoo

BERLIN – A male gorilla escaped from his cage in the Berlin zoo and sent terrified visitors running for cover, the zoo said on Wednesday.

Eight-year-old Bokito, who weighs 286 pounds and stands more than six feet, six inches tall, climbed over the top of the glass wall surrounding his outside enclosure and roamed the zoo on Tuesday. Berlin newspapers showed shaky photos of the gorilla taken by an 18-year-old visitor who recorded how Bokito was grabbed by two burly zoo keepers and marched back to his enclosure.”Suddenly hysterical children and grown-ups came running toward us.They were all running toward the exit.Behind them we saw the huge ape leaping toward us on all fours,” the visitor, Husam Shawabkeh, said.Berlin newspapers showed shaky photos of the gorilla taken by an 18-year-old visitor who recorded how Bokito was grabbed by two burly zoo keepers and marched back to his enclosure.”Suddenly hysterical children and grown-ups came running toward us.They were all running toward the exit.Behind them we saw the huge ape leaping toward us on all fours,” the visitor, Husam Shawabkeh, said.