Buffalo runs amok, kills one

KUDUS, Central Java: A buffalo that was about to be slaughtered for a wedding feast broke free from its pen and gored a villager to death in Kudus regency, Central Java, police have said.

The beast injured two other people in Pedawang village, Bae subdistrict, before being shot dead by police on Monday.

H. Rusdi, 63, died from his wounds while being rushed to the hospital, the local police said.

One of the injured victims was described as a buffalo tamer. He is now being treated in hospital.

This was the third incident of this type to occur in Kudus in the last few years. Two similar incidents occurred in the villages of Mlati and Kesambi, where buffaloes ran amok. No casualties were reported.

In Mlati, a buffalo escaped from its pen and ran amok as it was about to be slaughtered for Islamic sacrifice during Idul Adha festivities. --Antara