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| Pedreguer bull-running death: French tourist is gored to death at festival in Spain | Pedreguer bull-running death: French tourist is gored to death at festival in Spain |
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| A French tourist has been gored to death during a bull-running event at a festival in eastern Spain. | |
| Officials in Pedreguer, in Alicante, said the 44-year-old man had been standing with friends when he was gored by one of the bulls during the event held as part of the town's summer festival. | Officials in Pedreguer, in Alicante, said the 44-year-old man had been standing with friends when he was gored by one of the bulls during the event held as part of the town's summer festival. |
| The death came as Spain's most famous bull-running festival, San Fermin in Pamplona, came to an end on Tuesday. | The death came as Spain's most famous bull-running festival, San Fermin in Pamplona, came to an end on Tuesday. |
| It is the third death by goring recorded at festivals across Spain in recent weeks, although none of them were at Pamplona. | It is the third death by goring recorded at festivals across Spain in recent weeks, although none of them were at Pamplona. |
| Bull runs are a traditional part of the summer festival season across Spain. Ten people, including four Americans, were gored at the Pamplona festival this year, although none of them died. | Bull runs are a traditional part of the summer festival season across Spain. Ten people, including four Americans, were gored at the Pamplona festival this year, although none of them died. |
| There have been a total of 15 fatal gorings at the famous festival since 1924. | There have been a total of 15 fatal gorings at the famous festival since 1924. |
| In the final run at Pamplona this year, hundreds of people raced six fighting bulls, with one charging into a group of runners and knocking about ten people to the ground. | In the final run at Pamplona this year, hundreds of people raced six fighting bulls, with one charging into a group of runners and knocking about ten people to the ground. |
| The July fiesta was immortalised in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises" and dates back to the 16th century. | |
| Each year thousands of tourists travel to take part in the run, which sees people racing with the bulls through a narrow course from a holding pen to the city's bullring. | Each year thousands of tourists travel to take part in the run, which sees people racing with the bulls through a narrow course from a holding pen to the city's bullring. |
| The bulls are then killed by professional matadors each afternoon during the course of the festival. | The bulls are then killed by professional matadors each afternoon during the course of the festival. |
| Earlier this month more than 100 semi-naked activists covered in blood red paint launched a protest against the event outside the entrance to the Pamplona bullring. | Earlier this month more than 100 semi-naked activists covered in blood red paint launched a protest against the event outside the entrance to the Pamplona bullring. |
| Animal rights protesters demonstrate for the abolition of bull runs and bullfights (Reuters) | Animal rights protesters demonstrate for the abolition of bull runs and bullfights (Reuters) |
| More than 100 protestors gathered outside the bull ring for the stunt (Photo: PETA) | More than 100 protestors gathered outside the bull ring for the stunt (Photo: PETA) |
| The activists, from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and AnimaNaturalis, held up signs saying: "Pamplona's streets are stained with bulls' blood." | The activists, from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and AnimaNaturalis, held up signs saying: "Pamplona's streets are stained with bulls' blood." |
| PETA Director Mimi Bekhechi said: "PETA is calling on Spain to end its widely condemned Running of the Bulls event- and, with it, the horrific suffering and abuse of bulls." | PETA Director Mimi Bekhechi said: "PETA is calling on Spain to end its widely condemned Running of the Bulls event- and, with it, the horrific suffering and abuse of bulls." |
| Additional reporting by AP | Additional reporting by AP |