24 Jul 2011

Spectator gored in bullring

8:43 am on 24 July 2011

A bull gored a man to death in a bullring during a festival in northwestern Spain on Saturday night.

The man was behind a wooden barrier when the animal was released shortly after midnight into a temporary arena, in the town of El Maderal during an annual festival.

The young bull rammed the barrier, knocking the man over. The man was spiked in the chest as he lay on the ground.

Festivities were cancelled for the rest of night and for Sunday.

Forty-three people were injured this year during the bull run in Pamplona.

Some 30 people were injured in August 2010, when a bull leapt out of the arena at a bullring in the northern town of Tafalla and clambered up the spectator stands.