At least six people were taken to hospital after the last of this year’s eight-day bull runs in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona earlier this month.
The victims were injured while falling and tripping over. There were no reports of injuries from bull horns.
In the Saint Fermin bull runs, six fighting bulls are let loose on the winding streets of the old city center.
PHOTO: AP
Hundreds of men known as mozos run alongside the bulls, armed with nothing but folded newspapers. The animals make a 825m dash for the bullring, where they are killed in an evening bullfight.
Hundreds of people were injured in this year’s bull runs. The event is organized annually in honor of San Fermin, the patron saint of the city.
The bull runs have claimed 14 lives since 1924. The most recent victim was killed in 2003.
(DPA)
本月稍早,今年為期八天的奔牛節活動在西班牙北部城市潘普洛納展開,在最後一天的活動中,至少有六位民眾受傷送醫。
這些受害民眾都是被絆倒或跌跤時受傷;據報今年沒有人被牛角刺傷。
今年度的聖佛明奔牛節中,六頭鬥牛被釋放在這座舊城市中心的蜿蜒小路上狂奔。
數百名被稱作「侍者」的男子在牛群旁狂奔,他們手上只拿著捲起的報紙。這些鬥牛朝著八百二十五公尺遠的鬥牛場狂奔而去,鬥牛場傍晚有鬥牛表演,這些鬥牛會在那裡被處死。
今年的奔牛節有數百名民眾受傷。這個每年都會舉辦的活動是為了紀念這個城市的守護聖徒聖佛明。
自一九二四年以來,奔牛節活動已經奪走十四條人命,最近一次有人員喪生是在二OO三年。
(德通社�翻譯:袁星塵)
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