'Inhumane' killing of bull sparks outrage

The brutal killing of a bull during a popular festival in a town in northern Colombia has sparked indignation and calls for a public debate on traditions involving animal cruelty.

Animal rights activists and even some government officials are demanding legal action after a video appeared in Colombia showing dozens of people in Turbaco chasing the bull and killing it with machetes, rocks, knives and kicks. The killing took place during a corraleja, or amateur bullfighting event held in some towns in the South American country.

Public Defender Jorge Otarola called the images "Dante-esque, painful and inhumane".