At least one man suffered a wound goring and seven runners suffered other injuries, according to hospital officials, in an unusual third running of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain.
in unusual scenes in the cages, one of the six bulls from the ranch José Escobar Gil came delayed the corral. Another animal was separated from the herd at the beginning of the race, turned and gored a man who was near, lifting him off the ground.
More than a thousand people participated in the event, which lasted little more four minutes.
Navarra hospital confirmed that a man had been gored in the chest, although it was stable. Seven other people were injured in falls and suffered bruises, said the medical center.
In Saturday’s race many dangerous falls of the participants, who filled the narrow streets pamplonesas occurred. Also the bulls stumbled on the slippery cobblestones, as he advanced closure in a way to the bullring became more convoluted and less straight.
The San Fermin festival, which lasts nine days, by immortalized by Ernest Hemingway in his novel “Fiesta” in 1926 and attracts a large number of foreign tourists.
enclosures are a traditional element of summer festivals throughout Spain. Dozens of people are injured last year in these closures, mostly in falls.
Ten people, including four Americans, were gored in the San Fermin festival last year. In total, 15 people have died gored in San Fermin since records began in 1924.
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