Elephant Kills Schoolgirl By Flinging A Rock At Her Head In Moroccan Zoo

A seven-year-old girl has died after she was hit on the head by a rock thrown by an elephant.

She had been with her family at a zoo in Rabat, Morocco, when the animal picked up a large stone with it’s trunk and hurled it in the air on Tuesday.

The girl was knocked unconscious and taken to hospital where she later died.

A statement from the zoo said the animal’s enclosure met with international standards, adding “this kind of accident is rare, unpredictable and unusual.”

The moments after the incident were recorded on a mobile phone and uploaded to YouTube.

The clip shows the elephant waving its trunk before the camera focuses on the stone. In the distance a crowd can be seen gathered around the injured girl.