A well-known bullfighter was fatally injured in a bullfight in Madrid on the Spanish national holiday. A bull met the 27-year-old Gonzalo Caballero with his horns on his left thigh, said the organizers on Saturday by tweet. The femoral artery had been severed.
The injured had been under general anesthetic surgery on the spot and then taken to a hospital. Madrid's bullring has two operating theaters where injured bullfighters can be treated.
The Spanish press had already reported in May that Caballero had suffered a severe injury to his left thigh there. It is also said that Caballero is in a relationship with Victoria Federica, a niece of Spain's King Felipe VI.