Three gored during Pamplona bull run
Three people have been gored and three others suffered bruises during the fifth bull run at Pamplona’s San Fermin Festival.
The regional government said a 25-year-old runner from Florida was gored in the calf in the bullring. The other two who were gored were Spaniards, one in the ring and one on the street. None was in serious condition.
Three other runners, all Spaniards, were treated for injuries sustained in falls during the run.
The spectacle lasted just over three minutes as hundreds of runners, mostly men, ran frantically ahead and alongside six fighting bulls as they charged through the cobblestone streets of the northern city.
The run finishes at Pamplona’s bullring, where later in the day the bulls are killed by professional bullfighters.
The adrenaline rush of the morning bull run is followed by partying throughout the day and night.
Eight people were gored in 2019, the last festival before a two-year pause because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sixteen people have died in Pamplona’s bull runs since 1910, with the last death in 2009.