Buffalo runs amok, kills one

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