2 Hurt in Pamplona; 1 Dead in Smaller Run
Two Spaniards were slightly injured Thursday as hundreds of people and six fighting bulls bolted through the cobbled streets of this northern city.
In a much smaller and less famous bull run, 28-year-old Manuel Carreras Sigenza was gored in the neck and killed Wednesday evening in the Basque town of Pasajes on the outskirts of San Sebastian, the town government said.
Many Spanish towns have bull runs during their annual fiestas, but they generally do not draw the international attention of the Pamplona festival, made famous by Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises.”
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