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One of the wounds was 8ins deep (Picture: Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty Images)

A young bullfighter was gored through the throat, face and tongue, during his first ever tournament.

Daniel García Navarrete, 23, is fighting for his life after sustaining the horrific injuries during his encounter with a 1,000lbs bull.

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The attack, which took place in Spain’s biggest arena, Las Ventas, in Madrid, was witnessed by an audience of 10,000, according to the Daily Mail.


Terrifying footage shows the 23-year-old being tossed into the air and thrown to the ground, before the animal gored him with its horns.

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Staff rushed to the scene to distract the bull and carry the young man away, as spectators screamed.



One member of the crowd said: ‘There was blood on his neck and a hole in his thigh.

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‘The bull was literally shaking him about like a rag doll.’

Spectators originally thought the bullfighter had only been struck once in the thigh.

But the 23-year-old’s condition was discovered to be far more serious, after he was rushed to hospital.

Spectators screamed as the attack took place (Picture: Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty Images)

The bullfighter had to undergo emergency surgery (Picture: EPA/Victor Lerena)

Doctors found the bull had pierced the young man four times, twice in the neck and twice in the jaw.

The bullfighter was first treated at the infirmary’s building, before surgeons at the Hospital San Francisco of Assisi performed emergency surgery.

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They describe his prognosis as ‘severe’.

One of the wounds was 8ins deep while the other of 6ins penetrated the roof of his mouth and base of his tongue.

The young man also sustained severed sciatic nerves, a fractured collarbone and extensive muscle damage.

Surgeons described his prognosis as “severe” (Picture: EPA/ Victor Lerena)

The young man sustained sciatic nerves, fractured a collarbone and caused extensive muscle damage (Picture: Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty Images)

The attack comes just days after another bullfighter was gored in his rear.

Antonio Romero was in Mexico City ‘s bull ring when the animal punctured him 11 inches deep in his rectal area.

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