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Madurai, Jan 14 (PTI): An 18-year-old spectator was fatally gored by a raging bull at the Avaniyapuram Jallikattu here on Friday.
The popular bull- taming competition held on Pongal day in the district left about 59 people, including tamers, bull owners and spectators injured.
The teenager Balamurugan from Madurai was gored in the chest by a bull, said police.
He was rushed to the Government Rajaji Hospital where he was declared as brought dead by the doctors, a senior police official said.
The day-long traditional sport, which concluded at about 5.10 PM, saw Karthik from Avaniyapuram emerging on top by taming 24 bulls.
“I wish I had tamed a couple more to cross the quarter- century mark,” an exalted Karthik said.