Cock fight spectator killed by bird

A US man attending a cockfight has died after being stabbed in the leg by a bird that had a knife attached to its own limb.

The Kern County coroner in California said 35-year-old Jose Luis Ochoa was declared dead at a hospital about two hours after he suffered the injury on January 30.

A post mortem concluded Mr Ochoa died of an accidental “sharp force injury” to his right calf.

Sheriff’s spokesman Ray Pruitt said it was unclear if a delay in seeking medical attention contributed to Mr Ochoa’s death. Tulare officials are investigating, and no arrests were made at the cockfight.

Cockfighting is illegal in the United States. The practice involves specially bred roosters that are put into a ring and encouraged to fight until one is incapacitated or killed.