Fighting cockerel slashes boy to death
Published: Jan 29, 2003 7:59 AM | Updated: Jan 29, 2008 6:21 PM
A boy died after being slashed by his father's fighting cockerel, which had curved blades strapped to its feet, acorrding to a media report.
A boy died after being slashed by his father's fighting cockerel, which had curved blades strapped to its feet, according to a media report today.
The cockerel ripped open the 12-year-old boy's thigh as he watched a match in a remote rural district of Nabawan in Sabah, said the Star.
Henrysius, son of villager Tungkaling Ratu, bled profusely and died on the way to hospital.
Villagers said the special "buang pantang" (getting rid of taboos) cockfight was held to mark the seventh day after the death of a local personality.
Children had been warned to keep away from the fighting ring, but once the bout began they edged closer, and the bird suddenly flew at the boy, they said. - AFP
The cockerel ripped open the 12-year-old boy's thigh as he watched a match in a remote rural district of Nabawan in Sabah, said the Star.
Henrysius, son of villager Tungkaling Ratu, bled profusely and died on the way to hospital.
Villagers said the special "buang pantang" (getting rid of taboos) cockfight was held to mark the seventh day after the death of a local personality.
Children had been warned to keep away from the fighting ring, but once the bout began they edged closer, and the bird suddenly flew at the boy, they said. - AFP
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