Bull charges bullfight spectators

I saw this in the Mexican newspaper, but found no reference to it in Canadian sources. I finally found it on the BBC. I have been to that bullfighting ring and those bulls are gigantic, I can just imagine if there had been anyone on the seat where the bull landed.

At least two people are injured when a bull leaps into the crowd during a bullfight in Mexico City.

At least two people are being treated in hospital in Mexico City after a bull leapt into a crowd during a bullfight.

The half-ton bull – named Pajarito or Little Bird – breached the safety barrier and landed on the fans.

The rampage ended when a fight participant entered the stand and killed the animal with his sword.

Mexico City’s bullring was built 60 years ago and is one of the biggest in the world, with a capacity of 48,000.

Television images of the bullfight showed the beast jump over the heads of journalists and into the most expensive seats at the capital’s vast ring.

One woman spectator received a six-inch (15-cm) gash in her chest.

The bullfight resumed 30 minutes after the incident. Little Bird is the first bull in the ring’s history to jump into the crowd.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/americas/4663646.stm

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