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Singer dies after cobra bites her during performance

Manzurul Alam Mukul || risingbd.com

Published: 07:29, 8 April 2016   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Singer dies after cobra bites her during performance

Risingbd Desk: An Indonesian singer has died after being bitten by a king cobra while she was on stage performing.


Irma Bule, 29, kept singing for 45 minutes until the venom took hold and she started vomiting and having seizures.


New video shared online shows the moment the snake latched onto Irma Bule and a handler trying to loosen the cobra`s grip for some time.


The Mirror reports the singer accidentally stood on the deadly snake on Sunday, causing it to bite her on the leg.


Ferlando Octavion Auzura, a member of the audience, told the Indonesian press that “in the middle of the second song Irma stepped on the snake’s tail. The snake then bit Irma in her thigh.”


Online reports claim the king cobra was not defanged.


According to Coconuts Jakarta the singer soldiered on with her performance rather than seeking medical attention straight away.


“The effects were felt 45 minutes after the bite. She vomited, had seizures, and her body seized,” Ferlando said.


Witnesses reportedly claimed the singer refused an antidote from the animal`s handler.


It`s believed the incident happened on Sunday evening at a village in Karawang, West Java.


Irma Bule was reportedly taken to hospital where she later passed away.


Source: Agencies


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