- The Spanish matador Julian Lopez, known as ‘El Juli’, was performing in a bullring in Bogota, Colombia
- But he was tossed into the air when the wounded 1,000lb bull he was fighting caught him with its horn
- Enraged animal then gored El Juli in the rear, leaving him with 15cm wound and needing hospital treatment
This is the moment a Spanish matador was gored in the backside by a 1,000lb bull during a festival in Colombia.
Julian Lopez, known as ‘El Juli’, was starring in a bullfight at La Santamaria bullring in Bogota, Colombia on Sunday when the beast tossed him into the air.
The wounded animal then trampled on the Spaniard and thrust one of its horns into his backside.
Revenge: Pictured capture the moment a Spanish matador was gored in the backside by a 1,000lb bull during a festival in Colombia
Julian Lopez, known as ‘El Juli’, was starring in a bullfight at La Santamaria bullring in Bogota, Colombia on Sunday when the beast tossed him into the air
Attack: The wounded 1,000lb animal then trampled on the Spaniard and thrust one of its horns into his backside
Pictures show the 35-year-old taunting the enraged animal having already lanced it with Banderillas – harpoon-pointed ‘little flags’ hooked into its sides.
But moments before he was due to end the suffering bull’s misery, the 485kg animal exacted some revenge.
Footage shows the bull catching El Juli with a horn before throwing him easily into the air before leaving him with a wound on his backside.
Inspection: Concerned colleagues rushed in to the bullring to distract the bull before checking El Juli’s injury
Pictures show the 35-year-old taunting the enraged animal having already lanced it with Banderillas – harpoon-pointed ‘little flags’ hooked into its sides.
Colleagues rushed in to the bullring to distract the bull before checking El Juli’s injury.
He was taken to hospital where he underwent a ‘successful’ operation on a wound measuring 15cm.
It is not the first time Lopez has been gored by a bull while taking part in the bloodthirsty sport.
In 2016, he was also gored in the buttocks during a fight in Seville, Spain.