Johannesburg – The UK\u2019s Daily Mail on Wednesday named the American woman killed by a lioness at the Fourways Lion Park outside Johannesburg as Katherine Chappell.<\/p>\n
The website reported that Chappell was a 29-year-old film editor who worked on an Emmy-winning episode of Game of Thrones.<\/p>\n
She was in Africa to raise money for a charitable organisation that protects animals from poachers, the UK newspaper reported.<\/p>\n
Chappell died at the park on Monday.<\/p>\n
The US embassy would however not confirm the woman’s name.<\/p>\n
“We are going to continue to respect the wishes of the family and we will not give out her name or any further details,” said embassy spokesperson Jackhill Meyer.<\/p>\n
“I understand some media may be naming her but they are not getting it from me,” he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the tour group said it would also abide by the family’s wishes and withhold her name.<\/p>\n
A statement from Kalabash Tours confirmed that she had been travelling in a vehicle with the owner of the tour company, Pierre Potgieter.<\/p>\n
“We understand that at one point they stopped to view a pride of lions. The tourist had a camera and, of her own accord, rolled down the passenger window in order to take photographs,” the statement said.<\/p>\n
The lioness reportedly jumped into the car through Chappell’s open passenger window and attacked her.<\/p>\n
“Mr Potgieter, 66-years-old, tried to fend the lioness off and in the process sustained injuries to his arm.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the lion retreated, Mr Potgieter saw that the tourist had sustained extremely serious injuries. She was bleeding profusely from her neck,” the tour operator said.<\/p>\n
“Under the circumstances Mr Potgieter tried his best to stop the bleeding and save her life. He applied constant pressure to stop the bleeding, while calling for help.”<\/p>\n
Besides physical injuries, Potgieter also suffered a heart attack during the incident. He was being treated in hospital.<\/p>\n
Naledi Shange, News24<\/p>\n
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