Kumbuka used his brief freedom to drink litres of blackcurrant squash STEVE PARSONS/PAAs armed police stormed London Zoo and visitors locked themselves in cafés, Kumbuka the gorilla used his short-lived freedom to indulge his sweet tooth, necking five litres of concentrated blackcurrant squash. An in-house investigation into the incident poured cold water last night on dramatic accounts of the silverback’s escape attempt at the zoo in Regent’s Park, central London. “I can certainly tell you that there were no broken locks, Kumbuka did not smash any windows, he was never ‘on the loose’ and his normal gorilla posturing reported by visitors earlier in the day was unrelated,” David Field, from the Zoological…

Source: The Times October 19, 2016 23:03 UTC