The San Fermin festivities in Pamplona, northern Spain, ended on Sunday with three people girded in the eighth and last bull strike, bringing to eight in total the number of people girded on the 35 wounded hospitalized during the festivities.
Hundreds more were slightly injured. The Red Cross announced that it had rescued 655 people during the week, including 504 race participants. The races are over for this year but the official closing ceremony is scheduled for midnight.
An American dogged during a selfie
On Sunday, the biggest of the six bulls released into the crowd found themselves isolated and began charging the runners in its path. Two Australians aged 27 and 30, as well as a 25-year-old Spaniard, were gored by the animal weighing half a ton, regional authorities said.
In total, during the week that these holidays lasted, eight runners were gored including two Americans, one of whom was taking a selfie when he was wounded in the neck. The San Fermin festivities, from July 6 to 14, attract hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world each year.
Many injured each year
For one week, every morning at 8 am, hundreds of "mozos" (youths) in white shirt and trousers with red scarves and sashes try to get as close as possible to the six bulls - framed by six oxen - go down the paved streets of the city to the bullring of Pamplona, where they are put to death in the afternoon by the big names of bullfighting.
The race, or "encierro", makes every year many wounded. Last year, two people were girded. Since the beginning of the compilation of these data in 1911, at least 16 riders have died there, the last of which in 2009. In 2018, 42 riders were wounded, two of them gorged.