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Judi Lynn

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Sat Dec 19, 2015, 06:26 PM Dec 2015

Horrific moment matador is gored in the heart during bullfight in Mexico ... and he SURVIVES [View all]

Horrific moment matador is gored in the heart during bullfight in Mexico ... and he SURVIVES


•Mexican matador Mauricio Martinez Kingston was gored in the heart by bull
•Bull's horn stabbed into fighter's left armpit and left him badly bleeding
•He suffered injuries to his chest, lungs and heart and is in critical condition
•WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

By Tom Wyke for MailOnline
Published: 11:20 EST, 19 December 2015 | Updated: 13:07 EST, 19 December 2015

A matador has been seriously injured by a bull after he was gored in the heart during a bullfight in Mexico

One of the bull's sharp horns stabbed deep into the bullfighter's left armpit, causing serious injuries to his chest, lungs and heart.

Video footage shows Mexican matador Mauricio Martínez Kingston lying heavily bleeding on the ground before he was rushed to hospital.

The shocking moment happened during the fifth bull of the night at the 2015-2016 bullfighting season in the Monumental Plaza Mexico.

The large bull was wearing a 'banderilla', a pairs of sharp sticks which hang from the shoulder blade's of the bull and cut into the angry animal.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3367055/Horrific-moment-matador-gored-heart-bullfight-mexico-SURVIVES.html#ixzz3uoASxLsx

(Injured while trying to torture the 5th bull to death. What a tragedy.)
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