JAKARTA - Ten men were injured during the eighth and final bull run of the San Fermin Festival on Tuesday, bringing the number of injured people to 57 in this year's festival.
An 18-year-old man suffered a stab wound to the thigh and a 46-year-old man was stabbed in the chest, while eight others were taken to hospital with bruises of varying severity, the Navarre Regional Government, Spain said in a statement, reported by Euronews (14/7).
Health officials said some of the injured participants in the previous bull run were still being treated in hospital, Anadolu reported.
They include a 25-year-old man with back and knee injuries suffered during Monday's bull run, a 30-year-old man who was impaled by a bull's horn on Saturday, a 63-year-old man with a broken hip, and a 65-year-old man who suffered from pneumothorax during the Friday event.
To provide emergency medical assistance, authorities deployed 17 first aid posts along the bull run route, including nine medical posts staffed by doctors, nurses, and emergency responders, as well as eight support posts staffed by first responders.
Held every year, the San Fermin Festival held in the city of Pamplona has a distinctive feature, namely a herd of bulls chasing hundreds of people on a narrow street along 850 meters in Pamplona.
The festival, which is held every July 7-14, is started with the cry 'Viva San Fermin' from the balcony of the Pamplona City Hall, followed by a fireworks festival or 'Chupinazo' which is followed by hundreds of people from various countries.
Held since the 14th century, this festival is intended as a tribute to San Fermin, a senator of the Roman Empire who converted to Christianity under the guidance of Saint Honestus, who is believed to be the patron saint of Navarre. The festival became famous after being written by journalist and novelist Ernest Hemingway in the novel 'The Sun Also Rises'.
It is known that sixteen people have died in bullfights since records began in 1911. The last death occurred in 2009 when a bull gored a 27-year-old Spanish man in the neck, heart and lungs.
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