7 injured in Spanish bull run festival
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July 9, 2011, Saturday
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AN Australian man was gored in the leg and six other people were injured yesterday as daredevils ran with fighting bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona.
The second of eight mad dashes at Spain's most famous summer festival featured bulls known for being fast and prone to lashing out at people with their horns.
The Navarra regional government said on its website that besides the 25-year-old gored man, six other people were treated at hospitals, most of them foreigners. None of their names were given.
Two Americans aged 22 and 21 - the first with an injured right leg, the second with a hurt lip - were treated and released. The other four were a Briton from Birmingham, an Italian from Rome, another Australian and a Spaniard, all with minor injuries from falls or being trampled.
The Australian who was gored had taunted a brown bull from close up in the bullring that marks the end of the sprint. The injury he suffered to an artery and vein in his right leg was described as serious, although the San Fermin press office said his life was not in danger. The man waved his arms at the 550-kilogram bull, then slipped and fell and was attacked.
The brown bull that attacked at the end had separated from the pack about halfway through the 850-meter run - among the most dangerous things that can happen at San Fermin.
A bull that is isolated can get disoriented and nervous and even start running the wrong way.
The festival has six more runs to go. The ones today and tomorrow are usually the most dangerous because the crowd of runners that come from around the world swells with thrill-seekers who come into town just for the weekend.
The second of eight mad dashes at Spain's most famous summer festival featured bulls known for being fast and prone to lashing out at people with their horns.
The Navarra regional government said on its website that besides the 25-year-old gored man, six other people were treated at hospitals, most of them foreigners. None of their names were given.
Two Americans aged 22 and 21 - the first with an injured right leg, the second with a hurt lip - were treated and released. The other four were a Briton from Birmingham, an Italian from Rome, another Australian and a Spaniard, all with minor injuries from falls or being trampled.
The Australian who was gored had taunted a brown bull from close up in the bullring that marks the end of the sprint. The injury he suffered to an artery and vein in his right leg was described as serious, although the San Fermin press office said his life was not in danger. The man waved his arms at the 550-kilogram bull, then slipped and fell and was attacked.
The brown bull that attacked at the end had separated from the pack about halfway through the 850-meter run - among the most dangerous things that can happen at San Fermin.
A bull that is isolated can get disoriented and nervous and even start running the wrong way.
The festival has six more runs to go. The ones today and tomorrow are usually the most dangerous because the crowd of runners that come from around the world swells with thrill-seekers who come into town just for the weekend.
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