Madurai, Jul 23 (PTI) A teenage boy today died of injuries sustained in a bull-taming sport (Manju Virattu) held on July 19, police said.

Seruvalinga (18) was gored and tossed by a bull, when he tried to tame it at the event held during a festival of the Mandhai Karuppana Swamy Temple at Ucharichanpatti near here, they said.

He was hospitalised, but died without responding to treatment, the police added.

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