A bullfighter was gored to death Saturday in front of horrified spectators — the first Spanish matador to die in the ring this century.

Victor Barrio, 29, was killed when the bull’s horn pierced his chest as he fought the 1,200-pound beast, Lorenzo, in the town of Teruel in the eastern region of Aragon.

His death during the Feria del Angel, shown live on TV, was confirmed on the Web site of Madrid’s Las Ventas bullring, where Barrio began as an apprentice matador in 2010.

In his final tweet on July 4, Barrio posted an image of himself in training, writing: “With the mind set on Teruel.”

“I had always felt a great admiration for bullfighters and the festival, but I was ashamed to say I wanted to be a bullfighter and a hero, as I saw them,” Barrio once said, according to the Daily Mail.

Las Ventas team members wrote on Twitter that they were “distressed an very moved” by Barrio’s death. “All of us send our condolences to family and friends,” they wrote.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy also shared his condolences on Twitter, and Spanish politician Cristina Cifuentes wrote: “All my love to your family and friends.”

It also was a bloody day outside of the ring.

A 29-year-old man died after being gored by a bull during a run through the village of Pedreguer, near Valencia, the BBC said.

Spanish media said he was trying to help another runner when he was gored in the throat and abdomen during the San Buenaventura Fiesta.

The town suspended all bull-related festivities for the rest of the day.

Meanwhile, in the famous San Fermin running of the bulls in Pamplona, a 33-year-old Japanese man was gored in the chest and a Spanish man in the arm.

Twelve other people were injured during the run, which included more than 1,000 people and lasted just over four minutes — about 1½ times long­er than usual.

Ten people, including four Americans, were gored in the San Fermin festival event last year. In all, 15 people have died from gorings at the festival since record-keeping began in 1924.

The last bullfighters to have been killed in Spain were Francisco Rivera Paquirri in Córdoba in 1984 and José Cubero Yiyo in Madrid in 1985.

El Pais newspaper said that in the past century, 134 people, including 33 matadors, have been killed by bulls in Spain.

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