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According to the AP news agency, at least 28 people were injured during the traditional bull run of Pamplona this year. Dpa reports 31 wounded, AFP even 42 wounded.
Two of them were pierced by the horn of a bull during the weeklong festival in the northern city of Spain, said the regional government. A man was also thrown in the air as he looked at his smartphone and did not notice the bull behind him.
A 38-year-old Spaniard who was stung a week ago on the leg and buttocks during the first race. There were also moments of anxiety at the end of the bulls when a Frenchman was caught by a bull on a scarf and was dragged to several feet. The 27-year-old and six other injured were rushed to the hospital, so the Red Cross. No runners were seriously injured, most suffered only bruises, they say
At the Sanfermines festival which lasts for several days, bulls are driven daily in the historic center of Pamplona, where they are killed by Torreros. Stierhatz participants run in front of the animals at 875 meters through the narrow streets. It is considered particularly courageous to let the bulls get as close as possible to themselves.
People are injured and even killed. Since 1910, 16 people have died from Stierhatz, the last death so far in 2009. The festival attracts hundreds of thousands of national and foreign visitors every year.
Animal rights activists protested again this year against the event in Spain. East. It is hoped that the public money spent on stamping and fighting will promote "positive values and not the pleasure of seeing animals tortured to death," said Aida Gascón of AnimaNaturalis.
Nearly 190,000 people had until Saturday a petition of the group for the end of the bullfights in Spain.
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