Israel: Bull runs rampage in bank
Widely shared footage on social media shows a bull running rampage through the management offices of an Israeli bank in the city of Lydd (also known as Lod).
Videos of the incident, which took place in the early hours of Monday, show several people chasing after the bull as it runs through the office corridors of Leumi bank, hitting the wall as it turns the corner.
More footage shows the bull running in the parking lot outside of the bank as onlookers gasped in shock.
NO BULL!
— Daniel Cohen (@DanielCohenTV) August 22, 2022
Watch a bull rampage through a bank outside Tel Aviv before being subdued with a tranquilizer gun
No injuries were reported. @newsmax #israel #Bullish #bullmarket #rampage #lod pic.twitter.com/zjdE3Hdkph
The bull’s owner, a resident of the city, was reportedly called to the scene and following half an hour of the frenzied run, a city-employed veterinarian stunned the bovine, before restraining it.
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Online, social media users reacted to the situation with humour, with one tweet reading “usually it’s the bank doing the charging”.
A bull was caught rampaging inside a bank in Israel. Even the bulls are angry about the interest rates that the banks take...🐂🐂🐂 https://t.co/C43O2p4qqK
— Shmuel Shalom שמואל سمؤال عبد السلام (@ShmuelShalom) August 22, 2022
A bull in a bank - this has got to be a metaphor for something. The economy? Politics? Israeli customer service? https://t.co/Z3TC7V1bvL
— Chaim Howard Lax 🇮🇱🇨🇦 (@chaim_lax) August 22, 2022
There were no reports of injuries and no damage was caused by the incident according to a statement released by the bank.
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