Man killed by bird at cockfight

A man attending an illegal cockfight in the US has died after being stabbed in the leg by a bird that had a knife attached to…

A man attending an illegal cockfight in the US has died after being stabbed in the leg by a bird that had a knife attached to its own limb.

The Kern County coroner in California said 35-year-old Jose Luis Ochoa was declared dead at a hospital about two hours after he suffered the injury on January 30th.

A postmortem concluded Mr Ochoa died of an accidental "sharp force injury" to his right calf.

Sheriff's spokesman Ray Pruitt said it was unclear if a delay in seeking medical attention contributed to Mr Ochoa's death. Tulare officials are investigating, and no arrests were made at the cockfight.

Cockfighting is a sport in which specially bred roosters are put into a ring and encouraged to fight until one is incapacitated or killed. The sport is banned in the US.

AP