Francisco Rivera Ordóñez injured by bull but said to be in stable condition

A prominent Spanish matador was in serious but stable condition in hospital after being gored in the groin by a bull.

A bull gores Spanish matador Francisco Rivera Ordonez ‘Paquirri’ during the San Lorenzo fair in the northern Spanish town of Huesca. Francisco “Paquirri” Rivera Ordóñez suffered the injury while fighting the bull in the town of Huesca and was in intensive care.

The bull’s horn sank some 25cm (10in) into Paquirri’s groin but did not threaten any vital organs, doctors said. Television footage showed the bull hoisting Paquirri into the air for a few seconds on one of his horns.

His father, of the same name, was gored to death in Andalucia in 1984. His grandfather was Antonio Ordóñez, considered one of the greatest bullfighters of all time.

On Sunday, a Spanish man died after being gored in the neck while using his phone to film a bull run through the streets of Villaseca de la Sagra, central Spain.

Francisco Rivera Ordóñez tussles with the bull after it gored him. Photograph: Gonzalez Poveda/AFP/Getty Images
Agence France-Presse in Madrid