Pamplona bull run injures 13
Onlookers hurt in Pamplona’s first bull run of year after animals plough into crowd of spectators
Thirteen people were injured in Pamplona’s first bull run of the year today after the animals ploughed into a crowd of spectators.
Today marked the start of the annual week-long Fiesta de San Fermin, as the Pamplona bull run is known.
The Spanish Red Cross said the wounded were treated for head and rib injuries after falling or being trampled. None of the patients – five Spaniards and tourists from Britain, the US, Australia, New Zealand, Romania and South Korea – had been gored.
One of the animals became disoriented and tried to return to the starting point before herders waving sticks guided it to the bull ring where the course ends. Upon reaching the finish, one bull collapsed and lay inert on the ground for several minutes before coming round.
“There were a few tense moments, but I think everything went quite well,” said Aritz Lopez, a 29-year-old runner from Bilbao.