西班牙鬥牛士慘遭刺死 全程被電視直播

Victor Barrio, 29, a professional bullfighter, was killed when the bull's horn pierced his chest. The fight, in the eastern town of Teruel, was being broadcast live on TV.

維克多·巴里奧今年29歲，是一名職業鬥牛士，最近他因被公牛的尖角刺穿胸膛而死於非命。這場鬥牛表演發生在西班牙東部城市特魯埃爾，當時正在電視上直播。

The last matador to die in a bullfight in Spain was Jose Cubero, or Yiyo, in 1985.

西班牙上一個因鬥牛而死的鬥牛士是1985年的若澤·庫貝羅。

Television footage shows the bull throwing Barrio into the air before goring him on the right-hand side of his chest and violently throwing him.

據電視臺的錄像顯示，公牛將巴里奧高高拋起，然後頂在了他胸腔的右側，非常兇猛地將他拋了出去。

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy paid his condolences to Barrio on his Twitter feed.

西班牙首相馬里亞諾·拉霍伊在推特上表達了對巴里奧的同情。

A comment on the official feed of the Las Ventas bull ring in Madrid, where Barrio began as an apprentice, said it was "distressed and very moved" by his death.

馬德里拉斯班塔斯鬥牛場，也就是巴里奧開始當學徒的地方，也發表評論稱，巴里奧的死亡“讓人非常哀傷、難過”。

El Pais newspaper said that in the past century, 134 people, including 33 matadors, had been killed by bulls in Spain. Last year, leading matador Francisco Rivera Ordonez was badly hurt while taking part in a bullfight in the north-eastern town of Huesca.

西班牙《國家報》發表報道說，在過去的一個世紀裏，西班牙共有134人（包括33名鬥牛士）被公牛殺死。去年，著名鬥牛士佛朗西斯科·里維拉·奧多涅斯在參加韋斯卡東北部小鎮舉行的鬥牛表演時就嚴重受傷。

About 2,000 bullfights are still held every year in Spain, but the numbers are falling. In 2010, Catalonia became the second Spanish region after the Canary Islands to ban the tradition.

西班牙每年仍然要舉行大約2000場鬥牛表演，但是這一數字正在下降。2010年，繼卡納裏之後，加泰羅尼亞成爲西班牙第二個禁止鬥牛的地區。

Opponents describe the blood-soaked pageants as barbaric, while fans - including Mr Rajoy - say the tradition is an ancient art form deeply rooted in national history.

反對者們表示，鬥牛表演是野蠻的象徵，而包括拉霍伊在內的支持者們則認爲鬥牛是根植於西班牙歷史的一種古老藝術。