Its bladed spur struck the femoral artery in his left thigh and he bled to demise, provincial police chief Colonel Arnel Apud mentioned. In August, the Northern Samar provincial authorities issued a warning against unlawful cockfighting after 4 people at a fight tested constructive for coronavirus. Cockfighting, or 'tupada', is a well-liked blood sport in the Philippines where money is bet on the end result of a battle between two birds armed with bladed spurs, referred to as 'gaffs'. Officer confiscated seven fighting cocks, two units of fighting spurs and PHP 550 (£8.74) in bet cash. Three folks had been arrested and two preventing cocks seized along with two sets of spurs in the raid in San Jose town where Lieutenant Bolok was the police chief. A Philippine police officer was killed during a raid on an illegal cockfight after a rooster's blade sliced an artery in his leg. Talking at a press conference yesterday, the police chief said: 'I have a heavy coronary heart as now we have misplaced a brother who sacrificed his personal life in the name of service.