Bullseye! Eye-watering moment 19-year-old matador is gored in the most unfortunate place - but still gets up to finish the job

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This is the eye-watering moment that a young bull fighter was gored in the most unfortunate of places. 

Nineteen-year-old Peruvian matador Andres Roca Rey fought a bull in Pamplona during the Running of the Bulls festival, but was floored by the animal and had to pick himself up with his private parts exposed.

However, he triumphed over the beast in the end.

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Peruvian matador Andres Roca Rey sits on the ground after being gored by a bull in a most unfortunate area of his body

Rey is lifted clean off the ground by the angry bull as it charges the young matador with all its might 

Rey looks composed and triumphant, despite suffering the indignity of being gored in his private parts

Nineteen-year-old Rey goads the bloodied bull, having picked himself up from the floor moments earlier

Animal attack: The bull, despite having been speared several times, tosses Rey unceremoniously into the air

The exhausted bull slowly squares up to Rey, with blood pouring from its mouth, as the matador gestures at it

A bull charges against a 'mozo', or runner, at the Mercaderes corner during the second bull run in Pamplona

The horn of this bull gets hooked on a T-shirt of a runner as it charges down a Pamplona street

A bull's horn rams into a runner's leg at the Estafeta corner during the second running of the bulls, spreading panic among others nearby

A bull falls next to a runner along Estafeta street, with the runner desperately covering his head for protection

A Toro del Fuego (flaming bull) is run through the streets of Pamplona during the second day of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival

The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway entitled The Sun Also Rises, involves the daily running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona to the bull ring

A spectacular firework lights up a dark Pamplona street as revellers run along with it, some clearly startled

Several of the six bulls used in the run got separated from the pack moments into the 8am run and began charging whatever came in sight, creating fear and tension

People take cover from flying sparks as the flaming bull rushes past them on the second day of the lively festival

The festival had heated up earlier when animals were carried through the streets with fireworks on their backs.

Revellers scattered as sparks were sprayed along the dark, windy streets by the 'flaming bull' - a bull-shaped metal model fitted with pyrotechnics that's carried by a volunteer.

The festival has seen fighting bulls gore several people, the Spanish Red Cross said - and pictures show the chaos that reigned on the streets.

Several of the six bulls used in the run got separated from the pack moments into the 8am run on Thursday and began charging whatever came in sight, creating fear and tension.

Television images showed a runner pulling one bull away by the horn to prevent him goring a woman and a man who had fallen to the ground. Another beast was seen repeatedly tossing a man in the air before being lured away by other runners.

More than a thousand people took part in the run, which lasted nearly six minutes, more than twice the normal running time.

The bulls used Friday weighed between 530 and 650 kilograms (1,170-1,430 pounds).

The Red Cross, which tends the injured in the immediate aftermath of the runs, said six participants were gored, updating initial hospital reports of five gorings. In a note on its official Twitter account, the Red Cross said eight others were also taken to city hospitals for other injuries sustained in the run.

One of the injured was a 35-year-old Brit. He was treated for light injuries at a city hospital, although the exact nature of the injuries was not revealed.

Two of the people gored were 'serious' in hospital, a 58-year-old man from Pamplona and a 73-year-old south African.

Two Americans were gored, a 23-year-old man and a 53-year-old man, along with a 26-year-old Indian, although their injuries were described as 'less serious.'

A 53-year-old American woman was also among those hurt. 

Spanish bullfighter Miguel Abellan performs with a Fuente Ymbro ranch fighting bull during a bullfight at the 2016 San Fermin fiesta in Pamplona

Dangerous: A bull leaps over a pile of brave revellers in the bullring at Pamplona, as dozens cheers and take pictures

An injured reveler is helped by paramedics and stretchered off for treatment, highlighting the risks involved in running with the bulls

The nine-day fiesta became world famous with Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises and attracts thousands of foreign tourists.

Runners dash along with six bulls down a narrow 930-yard (850-meter) course from a holding pen to Pamplona's bull ring. The bulls later face almost certain death in afternoon bullfights.

Bull runs, or 'encierros' as they are called in Spanish, are a traditional part of summer festivals across Spain. Dozens of people are injured in the runs, mostly in falls.

Ten people, including four Americans, were gored in the San Fermin festival last year.

In all, 15 people have died from gorings in the festival since record-keeping began in 1924.