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This Article is From Jan 19, 2014

One killed, 29 injured in jallikattu

One killed, 29 injured in jallikattu
Participants trying to tame a bull during the Jallikattu festival
Sivaganga: A spectator was killed and 29 others were injured on Saturday in a 'jallikattu' (taming of the bull sport) held at Kandupatti in the district as part of the annual Pongal festivities.

Velliyan of Orudhikottai was gored by a bull and died while being rushed to the hospital, police said.

Among the injured, most of them spectators, twenty-four were treated as outpatients at the local hospital and five persons had been admitted to hospitals in Sivaganga and Madurai.

A total of 41 bulls and 24 bull tamers took part in the jallikattu.

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