People gored in their STOMACHS as they fail to escape the raging bull’s horns in adrenaline-fuelled festival
Thrill-seekers, including Brit, injured in the second day of the famous festival
The man was treated for light injuries at a hospital in the city with it unclear what the nature of the injuries were.
But the man was lucky to escape with the minor injuries with five people gored in the run, including two horned in the stomach and another three gored in the legs and arms.
Authorities revealed two of five people gored were in a “serious” condition in hospital, including a 58-year-old man from Pamplona and a 73-year-old south African.
Two Americans were gored, a 23-year-old man and a 53-year-old man, along with a 26-year-old Indian, although their injuries were described as “less serious.”
A 53-year-old American woman was also among those hurt.
Dramatic TV images showed two half-ton bulls attacking runners after becoming separated from the pack as it sprinted through the streets of Pamplona in northern Spain.
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One man was filmed desperately grabbing hold of one of the animals by its horns and trying to drag it away from a pal being mauled on the ground.
The first man was gored just seconds after the bulls were released from their pen on the second day of the nine-day festival, known as the San Fermines, so they could start the half-mile run through Pamplona’s old town.
The most dramatic moments occurred after the lead bull fell and became separated from the other animals before running 300 metres the wrong way.
The animals took nearly six minutes to reach the bullring at the end of the course, nearly three and a half minutes more than the opening day on Thursday when no runners were gored.
Red Cross officials confirmed immediately after the run finished that five people had been gored but could not rule out more gore injuries as the minutes passed.
Hospital staff confirmed moments later nine injured people were on their way to them for emergency treatment.
Around 50 people are treated in hospital every year.
Pamplona’s San Fermines are the most famous event involving running bulls in Spain.
Fifteen people have been kllled in the runs - called encierros - in the northern Spanish city since 1911.
Six bulls chase revellers along the half-mile course through the city centre as part of the morning runs which take place over eight days in July.
