Jallikattu Deaths

Two spectators, including a boy, were gored to death by bulls during a Jallikattu event at Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district today.

A minor boy at the viewer's arena, diedafter he was gored by a raging bull at the jallikattu event in Tamil Nadu's Dharmapuri district, officials said on Sunday.

A 26-year-old bull tamer, who appeared unstoppable in taming nine bulls, succumbed after he was gored by a bull at the Jallikattu event in Palamedu in Madurai district on Monday, police said.

A 26-year-old man was gored to death today at a Jallikattu festival in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district. Police reports say the man was a bull tamer who died in the arena but other reports suggest he was only a bystander

A 42-year-old man succumbed to injuries he sustained when a bull gored him at a 'Jallikaattu' event held here today and 16 others were injured, police said.

A 42-year-old man was gored to death during a bull-taming event organised as part of the Pongal festivities at Vadamalapur in the district today, taking the toll related to Jallikattu this season to five police said.

Four people have been gored to death while watching and participating in Jallikattu or bull-taming in Tamil Nadu, but the political importance of the controversial tradition was driven home as both Chief Minister E Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam attended an event and offered brand new cars as gifts for the best performers.

A 19-year-old spectator was gored to death at Madurai in Tamil Nadu during Jallikattu or bull-taming festivities, in which scores of young men wrestle with bulls in a tradition to celebrate the harvest.

Two spectators died, one of them gored by a bull, and 80 persons were injured in the 'jallikattu' (bull taming) sport at M Pudur area of the district today, police said.

Six persons were seriously injured in the Jallikattu event held today at Palamedu village 25 km from here, one of the hubs for bull taming sport in the state, after a two year gap.

Thirty-six people were injured, one of them seriously, in a Jallikattu event held at Avanipuram in the district amid high security on Sunday in which more than 900 bulls were used, police said.

Two people were trampled to death and dozens wounded in southern India during the controversial bull-taming sport that resumed Sunday after tens of thousands of demonstrators mounted unprecedented pressure this week on the government to overturn a ban.

A 55-year-old man was gored to death outside the venue of the bull taming event in the Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday. Around thirty others were injured in the event as well.

A 23-year-old spectator was gored to death as taming the bull festival Jallikattu claimed this season's first victim in Madurai on Friday.

Two spectators, including a boy, were gored to death by bulls during a Jallikattu event at Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district today.

A minor boy at the viewer's arena, diedafter he was gored by a raging bull at the jallikattu event in Tamil Nadu's Dharmapuri district, officials said on Sunday.

A 26-year-old bull tamer, who appeared unstoppable in taming nine bulls, succumbed after he was gored by a bull at the Jallikattu event in Palamedu in Madurai district on Monday, police said.

A 26-year-old man was gored to death today at a Jallikattu festival in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district. Police reports say the man was a bull tamer who died in the arena but other reports suggest he was only a bystander

A 42-year-old man succumbed to injuries he sustained when a bull gored him at a 'Jallikaattu' event held here today and 16 others were injured, police said.

A 42-year-old man was gored to death during a bull-taming event organised as part of the Pongal festivities at Vadamalapur in the district today, taking the toll related to Jallikattu this season to five police said.

Four people have been gored to death while watching and participating in Jallikattu or bull-taming in Tamil Nadu, but the political importance of the controversial tradition was driven home as both Chief Minister E Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam attended an event and offered brand new cars as gifts for the best performers.

A 19-year-old spectator was gored to death at Madurai in Tamil Nadu during Jallikattu or bull-taming festivities, in which scores of young men wrestle with bulls in a tradition to celebrate the harvest.

Two spectators died, one of them gored by a bull, and 80 persons were injured in the 'jallikattu' (bull taming) sport at M Pudur area of the district today, police said.

Six persons were seriously injured in the Jallikattu event held today at Palamedu village 25 km from here, one of the hubs for bull taming sport in the state, after a two year gap.

Thirty-six people were injured, one of them seriously, in a Jallikattu event held at Avanipuram in the district amid high security on Sunday in which more than 900 bulls were used, police said.

Two people were trampled to death and dozens wounded in southern India during the controversial bull-taming sport that resumed Sunday after tens of thousands of demonstrators mounted unprecedented pressure this week on the government to overturn a ban.

A 55-year-old man was gored to death outside the venue of the bull taming event in the Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday. Around thirty others were injured in the event as well.

A 23-year-old spectator was gored to death as taming the bull festival Jallikattu claimed this season's first victim in Madurai on Friday.