WOMAN JUMPS IN THE WATER WITH POLAR BEARS

The unnamed lady was bitten on her arms and legs and had to be rushed to hospital.

The attack was carried out by one of the four older polar bears in the enclosure - not world-famous bear Knut, who took Germany by storm as a cub after he was hand-raised by a keeper.

Heiner Kloes, a zoo spokesman, said keepers pushed the bear away and pulled the woman out from the enclosure, which is surrounded by a fence, a line of prickly hedges and a wall.

The woman was taken to a hospital for treatment. Her condition was not immediately known. Police did not say why she jumped in with the bear.