THIS is the terrifying moment a lion suddenly attacked a circus trainer in front of screaming children.
Hamada Kouta, 32, a well known performer in eastern Europe, was overpowered by the angry big cat which sank its teeth into his arm and clawed him.
The disturbing video shows how Kouta was floored by the beast during a show in Lugansk, in eastern Ukraine.
Following the savage mauling, the Egypt-born entertainer manages to fight off the lion which then retreated to its cage.
Describing the attack, Kouta said: “I called up one lion and the second one attacked me from the front.
“I stopped him in the middle of the ring calmed him down but he refused to return to his sitting position.
“I stepped backwards, there was a stand behind me. I hit it and fell.
“The lion jumped at me and bit me – but thank God not on my neck.
“He immediately let me go. My back, arm and leg were hurt.
“Scars from two claws and one tooth are on my leg, tooth marks on my arm, one 4 centimetres deep from three claws on my back.”
A mother watching with her two children said: “My heart stopped when the lion pounced at the trainer.”
Kouta works with ten lions and all those in the ring returned to their cages immediately after the shocking attack, he said.
“I calmly called them back, because there were children in the audience.
“Of course, I was covered in blood, but I asked everybody to calm down, and started the performance all over again, from the beginning.”
Kouta said his troupe of lions were unsettled because they were made to perform soon after arriving in a new location.
“They did not have time to adapt, because we arrived and immediately began to perform,” he said.
“They were in stress, so it led to attack. They can be moody, like people.
He added that he has “scars everywhere” on his body.
Speaking about his injuries, he said: “Every scar is an experience. I trust my predators more than people.
“But there is a red line, if you step over – it may go wrong way.
“When an animal attacks a trainer, it is 99 per cent the trainer’s mistake.
“Anyway, they are my children, so I know anything can happen.
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“But it will never end with death, because they are my children.
“Of course, I became lame, it hurts everywhere, because these are teeth.
“One tooth was inside the muscle, right there and it is serious, and down it is serious too, but it’s okay.
Travelling circuses were recently banned in Ukrainian capital Kiev but rebel-held Lugansk is currently outside the government’s rule.
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