Overview

• Manuel Maria Trindade suffered catastrophic head injuries during a face catch at Campo Pequeno and died on August 23 after being placed in an induced coma at São José Hospital.
• The bull, described in reports as weighing roughly 695–700 kg, hoisted him on its horns and rammed him against the arena barrier as thousands looked on.
• The event formed part of the São Manços amateur troupe’s 60th‑anniversary program, with Trindade continuing a family lineage in the forcado role.
• A 73-year-old spectator, orthopaedic surgeon Vasco Morais Batista, became unwell at the venue and later died at Santa Maria Hospital after an aortic aneurysm diagnosis.
• Trindade’s mother condemned celebratory online reactions in an open letter, while coverage noted that Portuguese bullfighting aims to subdue rather than kill the animal and that horn padding is common, with no confirmation it was used in this case.