Angry buffalo sparks commotion

Angry buffalo sparks commotion

CIREBON, West Java: A female buffalo, which residents believed
was "under heavy stress", went on the rampage yesterday through
the city's streets, hurting three people and destroying several
pedicabs.

Eyewitnesses theorized that the beast went mad upon seeing
another buffalo bleed in agony as a butcher slit its neck, Antara
reported.

The 150 kilogram excited buffalo crashed out of the
slaughterhouse, ran down the street, hit an elementary school
student in the head and destroyed pedicabs, whose drivers had run
for their lives.

"The buffalo got even more excited when people screamed in
panic and then hit another pedicab, hurting its oblivious
driver," an eyewitness said.

It needed several dozen police and military officers, on two
motorcycles and in three trucks, as well as dozens of citizens to
overcome the raging buffalo. The drama was over after the
military fired more than a dozen bullets at the animal. (pan)