Tragedy as woman being gored to death by a loosed heifer in front of her children on a street

The heifer facing the woman

Sofia Lopez Gonzalez's death comes after two men died last Saturday after being gored during bull runs - the same day matador Victor Barrio was killed in the ring

A mum-of-two was horrifically gored to death by a heifer in front of her two young children after the beast was set loose in the streets.

Sofia Lopez Gonzalez’s husband and one of her two children, aged 15 and nine, witnessed the tragedy.

The 47-year-old tried to escape the animal behind railings after it was let loose in the streets of Moratalla in Murcia in south east Spain but was caught on its horn and suffered a fatal injury to her abdomen.

She died a few hours later in hospital.

The dead woman was from Moratalla and alhough she lived in the nearby village of El Palmar with her family, returned every year with relatives to celebrate the week-long Cristo del Rayo festival.

The footage as at when the woman was being gored down by a loosed Buffalo

 

own hall chiefs announced after her death was confirmed on Sunday night that they would declare three days of mourning.

Her funeral is due to take place tomorrow.

The incident happened on the final run of the week long festival

The death was the first of a fatal goring of a woman during a festival involving animals this year in Spain.

The vast majority of gore victims in festivals of its kind are men.

Last year 12 people died at bull festivals across Spain.

Two men died last Saturday after being gored during Pamplona style bull runs, the same day matador Victor Barrio was killed in the ring in front of his wife.

A 65-year-old man was gored during a bull run in Fuentesauco in the province of Salamanca.

He was gored after a bull broke through a fence and attacked a group of men during the town’s annual festival.

The tragedy happened around 9pm, shortly after 29-year-old Barrio was killed in front of hundreds of spectators including his wife Raquel in a bull ring in Teruel east of Madrid.

He was transferred to hospital with another man who was also seriously injured but died shortly after arrival.

Bullfighter Victor Barrio died after being gored in the chest

The town hall later suspended the festivities.

In the early hours of the same Saturday, a 29-year-old died after being gored to death by a heifer during an annual festival in Pedreguer near Valencia on Spain’s east coast.

He was named as Ruben Frasquet Morant.