00:08Police Menteri Besar Abu Bakar Hamzah has defended shooting a cow intended for sacrifice
00:14during an Aidil Adha ceremony on Wednesday, saying it was for public safety as the animal
00:19had become aggressive. The Police Besar chief said he only shot the cow with a rifle after
00:26it had broken loose and gone berserk, adding that 24 other cows at the ceremony were slaughtered
00:32according to normal procedure. He told FMT that he did not shoot the cow for fun, explaining that
00:39it had become aggressive and posed a danger. He said that once the cow broke loose, there was no
00:45other option, adding that he shot it in the leg before it fell, after which it was slaughtered.
00:51A viral video showed Abu Bakar shooting the cow with a rifle, drawing criticism from netizens
00:57who questioned why the use of the firearm was necessary. Some also questioned whether this
01:02aligned with the religious procedure for slaughtering cows for Aidil Adha in Perlis.
01:08Separately, Kanga Police Chief Yusharifuddin Yusob said an investigation had been lodged into
01:14the incident after the video went viral.
01:17I'm Nandjaria, FMT.
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