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Fighting cock kills police chief in Philippine raid

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Agence France-Presse

<p>MANILA - A Philippine police officer was killed during a raid on an illegal cockfight after a rooster&#x27;s blade sliced his femoral artery, an official said Tuesday.</p><p>Cockfighting is a popular blood sport in the archipelago where money is bet on the outcome of a fight -- often to the death -- between two colourful birds armed with bladed spurs.</p><p>It has been banned along with other sporting and cultural events during the coronavirus pandemic to prevent large crowds from gathering and spreading the contagion. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LKlaWhkmXak?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Monday&#x27;s freak accident in the central province of Northern Samar happened when Lieutenant Christian Bolok picked up a fighting cock as he gathered evidence of the unlawful event. </p><p>Its blade struck his left thigh and he bled to death, provincial police chief Colonel Arnel Apud told AFP.</p><p>&quot;It was an unfortunate accident and a piece of bad luck that I cannot explain,&quot; Apud said.</p><p>&quot;I could not believe it when it was first reported to me. This is the first time in my 25 years as a policeman that I lost a man due to a fighting cock&#x27;s spur.&quot; </p><p>Three people were arrested and two fighting cocks seized along with two sets of spurs in the raid in San Jose town where Bolok was the police chief, Apud added.</p><p>cgm/amj/axn</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-8KDLj_Dxg?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>MANILA - A Philippine police officer was killed during a raid on an illegal cockfight after a rooster's blade sliced his femoral artery, an official said Tuesday.</p>

MANILA - A Philippine police officer was killed during a raid on an illegal cockfight after a rooster's blade sliced his femoral artery, an official said Tuesday.