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Colombia: Scores injured as bullfight stand collapses

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The disaster took place in a stadium in the city of El Espinal in Tolima state. Videos taken during the bullfight show a three-story section of the stands collapsing. The collapse sent spectators plunging to the ground and killing several and injuring hundreds. President-elect Gustavo Petro urged local officials to ban such events.

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Four dead, hundreds hurt as stands collapse in Colombia bullring

A toddler was among four people killed when the grandstand at a bullring in Colombia collapsed, injuring hundreds of others, officials said.

4 years ago·Cape Town, South Africa

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At least 4 dead, hundreds injured after stands collapse during Colombian bullfight

The makeshift bullring is erected each year as part of an annual June 29 Feast of Saint Peter celebration.

4 years ago·Boston, United States

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Tragedy in the bullring of El Espinal (Colombia): four dead after a grandstand collapsed!

Up to four dead and hundreds injured are already counted in a tragedy that has led the newly elected president Gustavo Petro to request an end to this type of fest

4 years ago·Madrid, Spain

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