At least four other people were injured in the second bull hunt during this year’s “Sanfermines” festival on Saturday morning in Pamplona in northern Spain.
Like six participants in the first run the day before, they sustained mostly bruises, but there were no serious injuries from the bulls’ long, pointed horns.
All injured, including three US citizens on Friday, have been taken to hospital. The festival in honor of the city saint San Fermín started on Thursday and will end next Friday.
Dare of young men
Every day in the early morning, six fighting bulls, some of which weigh more than 600 kilograms, and several tame lead oxen are driven through the narrow streets of the old town for the bullfights in the evenings. Every year dozens of runners are injured during the courage tests of the predominantly young men over the 825 meter long track.
There have been 16 fatalities since 1924, the last in 2009. There are eight runs in all.
protests from animal welfare organizations
This year, animal welfare groups protested against the traditional event, which has taken place since 1591 but has since become controversial in Spain.
The activists donned head-to-toe blood-red robes and held up signs in multiple languages reading “Pamplona: violence and death to the police”. Despite all the criticism, the festival attracts countless tourists from all over the world.
Source: Krone
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