Soldier dies after attack by a deer in the presidency of Paraguay

Picture taken on December 27, 2010 shows Chital Deer looks on Chitwan National Park, some 200kms south-west of Kathmandu. The park covers 932 square meters of jungle and is a haven for wildlife in Nepal, including the endangered one-horned rhino and royal bengal tiger.

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(CNN Spanish) -

The Paraguayan government announced this Tuesday, through a statement from the Armed Forces, that a member of the Presidential Escort Regiment lost his life after being attacked by a deer.

The attack by the wild animal, housed in the premises of the Mburuvicha Róga presidential residence in Asunción, produced a perforation in the thorax, according to the official report.

Lieutenant Colonel Víctor Urdapilleta, director of Social Communication of the Military Forces, confirmed this Tuesday to Monumental radio that Infantry Assistant Sergeant Víctor César Isasi Flecha died after suffering serious injuries from the deer attack.

Urdapilleta affirmed that for decades there has been a habitat of wild animals on the grounds of the presidential residence, where ponies, birds and even felines were sheltered.

In addition, he added that the species that attacked the military would be a specimen of axis deer, which for two years has been in the Mburuvicha Róga farm.

According to Urdapilleta, in the surveillance system it was observed that the sergeant raised his hand making a gesture and was then attacked by the deer.

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