Overview

• Police said the man had been collecting nuts on a pasture on the outskirts of Bernburg in Saxony-Anhalt when a cattle herd confronted him.
• Local reports indicated the victim was 83 and had entered a fenced field, where a bull gored him and caused severe injuries.
• Emergency crews used sirens and lures to keep the animals at bay and moved the injured man to a waiting ambulance on the field.
• The man succumbed to his injuries in the ambulance, and authorities have not released his identity.
• Police opened an inquiry into the incident and urged the public not to enter fenced pastures.