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Colombia: Grandstand collapsed in bullring – several dead

2022-06-26T22:37:34.369Z


A disaster has occurred in El Espinal, Colombia: a three-story wooden stand partially collapsed during a bullfight. Several people died and more than 60 others were injured.


At least five people were killed when part of the grandstand collapsed in a bullring in Colombia.

More than 60 people were injured, the governor of the Tolima department, José Ricardo Orozco, told Blu Radio.

He said a child was among the dead.

Orozco also spoke of around 30 seriously injured.

But that is only a preliminary balance sheet.

The rescue workers are still in the process of taking the injured to nearby hospitals.

Videos of the incident show how the wooden stands filled with people collapsed on one side of the arena in the city of El Espinal.

The cause of the accident is so far unclear.

According to media reports, a bullfighting event called "Corraleja" took place in the arena on Sunday for the Peter and Paul Festival.

Hundreds of people were in the audience.

According to a report in the newspaper "El Tiempo", a bull spread panic in the streets of the city after the incident.

El Espinal is located a good 150 kilometers southwest of the capital Bogotá.

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Source: spiegel

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