Five bull-run injuries in Valencia region in one weekend
Monday, August 8, 2016 @ 10:52 AM
THIS weekend has left five people injured in bull-running 'festivals' in the Valencia region, including two teenagers, reigniting the debate about the ethics of these spectacles.
A boy of 15 in Calpe (Alicante province) and a 13-year-old girl in Museros (Valencia province) were among the victims – the younger child had to undergo surgery after being injured at a bull-handling demonstration on Saturday, although the boy was discharged today (Sunday) after he was admitted to hospital just after 02.00hrs for his wounds to be dressed.
Two others were gored on Saturday night – a man aged 50 in El Puig (Valencia province), who was taken to hospital just after 21.00hrs in Sagunto, north of the city, about an hour after a 60-year-old woman was gored in the leg in Pinoso (Alicante province) and rushed to Elda health centre.
The region's first victim of the weekend was a 21-year-old man, also in Pinoso, at 21.25hrs on Friday.
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