The owners of a pet lion that jumped a wall and attacked a woman and two children in the Pakistani city of Lahore have been arrested.

Police in Pakistan have arrested the owners of a pet lion that attacked a woman and her three young children after it escaped. Dramatic CCTV footage from the eastern city of Lahore showed how the big cat leapt over a concrete wall and chased the woman down as terrified onlookers ran for safety.

Authorities in Pakistan arrested the owners of a lion after the predator-turned-pet was captured on CCTV scaling a concrete wall and then attacking a woman and her two children in an alleyway.