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A runner was gored in the face and many more were fortunate to not be seriously injured during a chaotic bull run at Spain’s San Fermin festival on Saturday.
The six bulls and accompanying steers charged through crowds of thrill-seekers who packed the narrow street course in Pamplona.
The huge animals knocked down bodies to the cobblestones, and stumbling runners caused several pile-ups during the two-and-a-half-minute run from the pen to the bull ring where bullfighters will kill the bulls later in the day.
One runner was pierced by a horn in the face, while 12 more people needed medical treatment for an assortment of knocks, according to the University of Navarra Hospital.

A black bull broke away from the pack early in the 875-metre (957-yard) run and ploughed into a group of people, smacking one full in the side of the face with a horn.
It was not clear if that was the moment of the goring.
Many runners appeared completely unaware when bulls were breathing down their necks and, instead of trying to gore them, just shoved them out of the way.
Saturday’s was the fifth morning run of the eight-day festival in northern Spain.

This year’s festival comes 100 years since the publication of Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises, whose publication launched the San Fermin festival to international fame.
The last death at San Fermin’s bull runs occurred in 2009, but gorings and broken bones are common, partly due to the large number of novice bull runners and foreign tourists who join the experienced locals.


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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Spanish matador Ivan Fandino performs a pass with a Baltasar Iban bull during a bullfight at the Corrida des Fetes on June 17, 2017 in Aire sur Adour, southwestern France. Spanish matador Ivan Fandino died after being impaled by a Baltasar Iban bull during a bullfight in Aire sur Adour, southwestern France, during the Corrida des Fetes. / AFP PHOTO / IROZ GAIZKA

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Spanish matador Ivan Fandino is impaled by a Baltasar Iban bull during a bullfight at the Corrida des Fetes on June 17, 2017 in Aire sur Adour, southwestern France. Spanish matador Ivan Fandino died after being impaled by a Baltasar Iban bull during a bullfight in Aire sur Adour, southwestern France, during the Corrida des Fetes. / AFP PHOTO / IROZ GAIZKA

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12 others needed medical treatment for an assortment of knocks, after the huge animals charged through crowds of thrill-seekers


12 others needed medical treatment for an assortment of knocks, after the huge animals charged through crowds of thrill-seekers.


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Runner gored in the face at Spain’s San Fermin bull run festival

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12 others needed medical treatment for an assortment of knocks, after the huge animals charged through crowds of thrill-seekers