Hundreds of bullfighting fans march to the Government Palace, in Quito, Ecuador on Monday, to demand the return of the Jesus of the Great Power bullfight after it was forbidden due to the death of a bull in 2011. Ecuador brought to an end a 500-year-old tradition by approving a ban on bullfighting. Photo: IC

A man died after being gored by a rampant bull Monday during a festival in central Spain, authorities said, the second person killed at a bull festival in the country in less than two weeks.

The incident occurred during a bull run held in a field in the town of Horche, northeast of Madrid.

A bull gored the 82-year-old man in the stomach and thigh, local emergency services officials said.

He was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead hours later.

Local media reported the victim was watching the bull run from a distance.  

"I only saw the man when he was already on the ground but it was awful," Horche mayor Jose Manuel Moral said.

The town will go ahead with bull runs scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday as part of the its annual festival.

Spain is renowned for its bull runs which are held across the country in the summer months when towns hold festivals in honor of patron saints.

AFP