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A聽lion聽charged and killed a聽safari聽guide聽who was leading a group of tourists in the same national park in Zimbabwe that was the home of Cecil the Lion聽who was killed by a bow hunter in July.

Police spokeswoman Charity Charamba said Tuesday that Quinn Swales was in Hwange National Park when he spotted six聽lions聽on Monday.

"One of the聽lions聽had cubs and they became hostile. Mr. Swales at first manage to scare the聽lions聽away but then the male聽lion聽later made a U-turn and attacked him," Charamba told The Associated Press. None of the tourists were harmed, she said.

Swales was leading six tourists on a walking聽safari聽when he spotted fresh聽lion聽spoor and decided to track a pride of聽lions聽consisting of two females, two cubs and two males, according to the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority.

The collared聽lion, named Nxaha, attacked Swales, the parks authority said.

Cecil's killing in July by American dentist James Walter Palmer just outside the park sparked outrage in the United States. The collared聽lions聽are being monitored for an Oxford University study.

Camp Hwange, the聽safari聽company that employed Swales, said the guide聽succumbed to the injuries on the same day he was attacked.

"He was tracking聽lions聽when a male聽lion聽unexpectedly charged," said Camp Hwange in the statement issued Monday, adding that Swales was leading a photographic walking聽safari聽when he was attacked.

Camp Hwange's Facebook page says it offers game drives and game walks where "game likely to be encountered include all of the cat family, wild dog, elephants and buffalo in huge numbers."

The parks authority said a man who sells curios to tourists was killed by an elephant in the resort town of Victoria Falls, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Hwange, also on Monday.