This is the horrific moment an American man was savagely gored at a bull fighting festival in northern Spain.
Benjamin Miller, 20, from Georgia, was in intensive care last night after being tossed into the air by a large fighting bull on Saturday, the first day of "Carnaval del Toro" in Ciudad Rodrigo.
This morning medics said the tourist - whose wounds included a 16in (40cm) goring in the thigh - was out of danger and unlikely to need further operations.
The US citizen underwent a three-hour operation following the attack which damaged his thighs, sphincter and back muscles.
Enrique Crespo, a surgeon at the hospital in western Salamanca where Mr Miller is being treated, told the Associated Press: "It's not the worst injury I've seen, but it's the biggest goring wound I've ever had to operate on."
Two other men, including one from Scotland, were also gored during the opening day of festivities.
Fiestas featuring bulls are common in Spain, and critics and aficionados alike agree that the internationally popular events are dangerous.
Ciudad Rodrigo town councillor Pedro Muno said: "Doctor Crespo is a world-renowned expert and we have a medically-equipped helicopter on standby every day of our annual fiesta."
He added somewhere between 45,000 and 50,000 people had been attracted over the weekend to this year's four-day fiesta, that includes afternoon bullfights and bull-running events.
He said "one man from Scotland and a Spaniard from Salamanca were also injured".
Ciudad Rodrigo, which has a population of around 14,000, is a small cathedral city close to the Portuguese border popular with tourists.
