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Rooster’s gaff kills cockfight aficionado in Quezon

By: - Correspondent / @dtmallarijrINQ
/ 11:37 AM May 23, 2022

Rooster's gaff kills cockfight aficionado in Quezon

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LUCENA CITY––A cockfighting aficionado died Sunday, May 22, after a rooster’s gaff accidentally hit him inside a cockpit arena in Tagkawayan town, Quezon province.

Quezon police said Ronnel Nator, 47, was about to release around 2:50 p.m. his game cock for a fight with another rooster in Tagkawayan Cockpit Arena in Barangay San Vicente.

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Nator’s rooster suddenly went berserk, and his bladed gaff accidentally hit the right thigh of the handler.

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The victim was rushed to a local hospital but did not make it alive due to excessive bleeding.

The rooster’s gaff is a sharp blade fixed to its leg for fighting.

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