One Man Gored and Seven Others Bruised in Spain’s Bull Running Festival
PAMPLONA, NAVARRA, NORTHERN SPAIN, JUL 8 – One man was seriously gored and seven others suffered injuries during the traditional bull run, which draws nearly a million visitors annually, officials said.
- On July 8, the second day of the San Fermin festivities in Pamplona, a man was gored and seven additional participants sustained minor injuries during the traditional bull runs.
- The festival, a centuries-old tradition drawing nearly a million visitors each early July, features running bulls chasing participants through narrow city streets to the bullring.
- This year's festival began with the chupinazo fireworks dedicated to the Palestinian cause, with chants and banners creating political divisions amid cultural celebrations.
- The injured man, older than 25, was gored under his right armpit and is in stable condition under observation, while the festival continues with traditional bullfights and entertainment.
- The event underscores the festival's evolving role as both a cultural celebration and a platform for advocating global awareness and social causes amid its risks.
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One man gored and seven others bruised in Spain’s bull running festival
A man was gored and seven others lightly injured on Tuesday, the second day of Pamplona’s San Fermin festival in which thousands of people line the medieval city’s narrow streets for the centuries-old tradition of running with bulls.
One Man Gored and Seven Others Bruised in Spain's Bull Running Festival
At the cry of “Teruel es taurina!” the crowd of small bulls began in the city of Turia this Wednesday. The stamping of hundreds of children running in this small bullring sets their hair high when they contemplate the quarry of amateurs that Teruel has, who have fun standing in front of a cardboard bull or a meek ox, while emulating their elders also coinciding with the shocking images taken of the pamplonic bulls.
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