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| Two people gored and five more injured in Spain's Pamplona bull run | |
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| A fighting bull gored two Spaniards and tossed several others into the air in a frantic fourth running of the bulls on Thursday at Spain's San Fermín festival in Pamplona. | A fighting bull gored two Spaniards and tossed several others into the air in a frantic fourth running of the bulls on Thursday at Spain's San Fermín festival in Pamplona. |
| A Navarra regional government statement said the two men were gored in the leg and another five people were taken to Pamplona hospitals for minor injuries sustained in the 8am dash. | A Navarra regional government statement said the two men were gored in the leg and another five people were taken to Pamplona hospitals for minor injuries sustained in the 8am dash. |
| The gorings were caused by a lone bull that raced ahead of the pack, raising panic among the hundreds of screaming runners along the 850-metre course from a holding pen to Pamplona's bullring. | The gorings were caused by a lone bull that raced ahead of the pack, raising panic among the hundreds of screaming runners along the 850-metre course from a holding pen to Pamplona's bullring. |
| The morning runs are the highlight of the nine-day street-partying festival, which was immortalised in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel, The Sun Also Rises, and attracts thousands of foreign tourists. | |
| Dozens of people are injured each year in the runs, most of them in falls. | Dozens of people are injured each year in the runs, most of them in falls. |
| Fifteen people have died from being gored since record-keeping began in 1924. | |
| Four Spaniards and one American, the co-author of the book Fiesta: How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona, have been gored so far in this year's festival but only one, a Spaniard, was said to be in serious condition. The six bulls used in each run are invariably killed in afternoon bullfights in the ring. | Four Spaniards and one American, the co-author of the book Fiesta: How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona, have been gored so far in this year's festival but only one, a Spaniard, was said to be in serious condition. The six bulls used in each run are invariably killed in afternoon bullfights in the ring. |