A man was killed by a rooster with a blade tied to its leg during an illegal cockfight in southern India, police have said. The rooster, with a 3in knife tied to its leg, fluttered in panic and slashed its owner, 45-year-old Thangulla Satish, in his groin last week, police inspector B Jeevan said. In 2010, a rooster killed its owner by slashing his jugular vein in West Bengal state. Officer Jeevan said the rooster was brought to the police station before being taken to a local poultry farm. Images of the rooster tied with a rope and pecking on grains at the police station were widely viewed on social media.

Source: Irish Independent February 28, 2021 12:22 UTC