Farmer killed and brother seriously injured by bull

A farmer has been killed and his twin brother mauled in a bull attack in Co Donegal.

Farmer killed and brother seriously injured by bull

The initial attack is understood to have happened around 2pm at Burt on the Inishowen Peninsula.

The dead man was named locally as Patrick Dowds, 65. He left his home yesterday morning. However, when he did not return, his twin brother George went looking for him.

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