Four policemen including two junior officers were wounded when they were attacked by a cassowary that escaped from this city's aviary, officials disclosed.
Chief Insp. Felixberto Martinez, Police Station 7 chief, said the policemen were attacked Tuesday morning when the cassowary crossed the training field of the Philippine National Police Regional Training School (PNP-RTS) in Barangay Pasonanca, seven kilometers north of this city.
The victims, two of whom were identified as Insp. Crisanto Yabo and Insp. Nicanor Bautista, are undergoing schooling at the PNP-RTS.
Martinez said the four policemen, who were attacked one after the other, suffered injuries and were no match to the bird.
The cassowary is a very large flightless bird native to the tropical forests of New Guinea and nearby islands and northeastern Australia.
The cassowary is the third tallest and second heaviest living bird, smaller only than the Ostrich and Emu. - pna
Linkback:
https://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=36219.0
