{"id":3967,"date":"2013-04-29T21:29:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T16:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=3967"},"modified":"2013-04-29T21:30:25","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T16:30:25","slug":"botswana-president-ian-khama-wounded-by-cheetah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=3967","title":{"rendered":"Botswana President Ian Khama wounded by cheetah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/13c0f12c792a2b6f72e49e86725a7b86.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3969\" alt=\"13c0f12c792a2b6f72e49e86725a7b86\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/13c0f12c792a2b6f72e49e86725a7b86.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Botswana President Ian Khama has had stitches in his face after being scratched by a cheetah, officials say. The animal was reportedly being fed in its enclosure at an army barracks when it jumped up and scratched Mr Khama, who was standing nearby. The incident was &#8220;a freak accident, but not an attack&#8221;, government spokesman Jeff Ramsay told local media. Mr Khama&#8217;s injuries were minor and there were &#8220;no real security implications&#8221;, the official added. The incident is said to have happened very fast, catching the president and his bodyguard by surprise. &#8220;He was scratched by a cheetah but not really attacked per se,&#8221; said Mr Ramsay. Mr Khama was seen sporting a plaster at a meeting following the attack. Cheetahs, the world&#8217;s fastest land mammals, are listed as an endangered species. Around 12,400 are thought to remain in the wild in African countries, including Botswana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Botswana President Ian Khama has had stitches in his face after being scratched by a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,155,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-other-countries","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}