Overview

• Manuel Maria Trindade, 22, was injured during his debut at Lisbon’s Campo Pequeno on August 22 and died the next day at São José Hospital from severe brain injuries.
• Video and eyewitness accounts show the bull lifting Trindade and throwing him against the arena wall before paramedics treated him in the ring.
• Trindade was performing a traditional pega de cara as an unarmed forcado, a Portuguese practice in which fighters attempt to stop a charging bull by grabbing its horns.
• Portuguese outlets report that 73-year-old spectator Vasco Morais Batista felt unwell, was diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm at Santa Maria Hospital, and later died.
• The incident has refocused attention on the risks of forcado performances, while Trindade’s mother publicly condemned online abuse following her son’s death.