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Police and demonstrators clash in Colombia over return of bullfighting
According to US-based Humane Society International, every year approximately 250,000 bulls are killed in bullfights worldwide.
Police and demonstrators clash in Colombia over return of bullfighting
Colombian bullfighter Luis Bolivar reacts after killing a bull during a bullfighting festival at the Canaveralejo bullring in Cali, Colombia, December 30, 2016. (File photo) / TRT World and Agencies
By Staff Reporter
January 23, 2017

Police and demonstrators have clashed in Colombia's capital Bogota.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets on Sunday to rally against the return of bullfighting to the Colombian capital for the first time in four years.

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