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Monday 1 August 2011

MAN has been branded "reckless" for taunting a bull with a pink umbrella before it gored him to death

MAN has been branded "reckless" for taunting a bull with a pink umbrella before it gored him to death.
The reveller was enjoying a Spanish fiesta when the horned animal careered down a narrow street and charged at him.

The half-ton beast ran the 50-year-old father down leaving him helpless to fend off the frenzied attack as bystanders stood and watched.

The dad-of-one was trampled and gored in the chest and armpit.


Floored ... man never got up again after bull knocked him down
The animal had been released into the narrow street from a pen.

The dead man — named only as Vicente H.R — is believed to have been drinking and ignored friends' pleas for him not to take part in the bull run.

A witness said: "Everything happened very quickly.

"He was waving a pink umbrella in the air to attract the bull's attention. The animal turned around and went for him.

"The man swerved out of the way but after that he couldn't get away. He fell to the ground and was attacked."

The tragedy happened on Saturday in the town of Rafelbunyol, in the eastern province of Valencia.

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