For First Time in 30 Years, a Spanish Matador Was Fatally Gored

For the first time in 30 years, a Spanish bullfighter dies after being fatally gored by a bull in Teruel bullring.

Matador Victor Barrio seen moments before his last Bull fight in Teruel bullring in Spain.(Photo Courtesy: AP Screegrab modified by The Quint)

A bullfighter was fatally gored in an eastern town in Spain; making him the first professional matador to be killed in the ring in more than three decades.

Victor Barrio, 29, was pronounced dead late on Saturday by a surgeon at the Teruel bullring. Barrio was first gored in the thigh by the 1,166-pound (530-kilogram) bull’s left horn and his body was flipped over.

He was gored a second time in the chest and the blow penetrated a lung and his aorta. Medics were at his side almost immediately, but attempts to save his life were unsuccessful.

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