Cockfighter turns its blade against the law.
A Philippine police officer lost his life after a rooster’s blade sliced his femoral artery a during a raid on an illegal cockfight.
Cockfighting is a popular bloody sport on the island.
Two colourful birds armed with bladed spurs are brought to the limelight and expected to fight to death
Money bet is placed on the outcome of a fight.
However, sporting activities and other cultural events have been banned due to the pandemic.
Provincial police chief Colonel Arnel Apud said the shocking incident happened in the central province of Northern Samar.
Lieutenant Christian Bolok while gathering evidence of the unlawful event picked up a fighting cock.
The cock’s blade struck his left thigh and he bled to death.
“It was an unfortunate accident and a piece of bad luck that I cannot explain,” Apud said.
“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’s spur.”
Apud added that three people have been arrested, two fighting cocks and two sets of spurs have been confiscated in the raid in San Jose town where Bolok was the police chief.
