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Related: About this forumColombia: Scores injured in deadly bullfight stand collapse
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Colombia: Scores injured in deadly bullfight stand collapse
Published 11 hours ago
At least four people have been killed and more than 300 were injured after a stand collapsed during a bullfight in central Colombia.
Footage showed the three-storey wooden stand filled with spectators falling at a stadium in El Espinal, Tolima department.
A bull continued to roam the ring as people fled the wreckage.
The traditional "corraleja" event involved members of the public entering the ring to engage the bulls.
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Published 11 hours ago
At least four people have been killed and more than 300 were injured after a stand collapsed during a bullfight in central Colombia.
Footage showed the three-storey wooden stand filled with spectators falling at a stadium in El Espinal, Tolima department.
A bull continued to roam the ring as people fled the wreckage.
The traditional "corraleja" event involved members of the public entering the ring to engage the bulls.
[...]
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Colombia: Scores injured in deadly bullfight stand collapse (Original Post)
sl8
Jun 2022
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Response to sl8 (Original post)
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RandySF
(59,055 posts)2. At least the bull was ok.
Wingus Dingus
(8,058 posts)4. That's pretty much my sentiment on the matter.
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)5. In Colombian Corralejas, they don't kill the bull
This particular form of animal cruelty is more like the San Fermin festival than what we usually think of as a "bullfight".
Not that it makes a world of difference....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corraleja
A corraleja is a bullfighting festival in the Caribbean region of Colombia. In this type of event, the public is invited to engage the bulls in the ring. Compared a Spanish-style bullfight, the bulls are not killed after the fight, and the event is much less formal