People pack the street ahead of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 13, 2017. Revellers from around the world flock to Pamplona every year to take part in the eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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  • People pack the street ahead of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 13, 2017. Revellers from around the world flock to Pamplona every year to take part in the eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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    People pack the street ahead of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 13, 2017. Revellers from around the world flock to Pamplona every year to take part in the eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

  • A wild cow leaps over revellers as it enters the bullring following the seventh running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    A wild cow leaps over revellers as it enters the bullring following the seventh running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

  • GRA072. PAMPLONA, 13/07/2017.- Una vaquilla sale de los toriles durante la suelta de las reses en la Plaza de Toros de Pamplonal tÈrmino del sÈptimo encierro de las fiestas de San FermÌn 2017 protagonizado por los toros de la ganaderÌa gaditana de N˙Òez del Cubillo. EFE/Jes˙s Diges
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    GRA072. PAMPLONA, 13/07/2017.- Una vaquilla sale de los toriles durante la suelta de las reses en la Plaza de Toros de Pamplonal tÈrmino del sÈptimo encierro de las fiestas de San FermÌn 2017 protagonizado por los toros de la ganaderÌa gaditana de N˙Òez del Cubillo. EFE/Jes˙s Diges

  • A reveller injured by a wild cow is taken away from the bullring following the seventh running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera
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    A reveller injured by a wild cow is taken away from the bullring following the seventh running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera

  • Participants run ahead of a Nunez del Cuvillo's fighting bull during the seventh bull run of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain on July 13, 2017. Each day at 8:00 am hundreds of people race with six bulls, charging along a winding, 848.6-metre (more than half a mile) course through narrow streets to the city's bull ring, where the animals are killed in a bullfight or corrida, during this festival, immortalised in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises" and dating back to medieval times and also featuring religious processions, folk dancing, concerts and round-the-clock drinking. / AFP / ANDER GILLENEA
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    Participants run ahead of a Nunez del Cuvillo's fighting bull during the seventh bull run of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain on July 13, 2017. Each day at 8:00 am hundreds of people race with six bulls, charging along a winding, 848.6-metre (more than half a mile) course through narrow streets to the city's bull ring, where the animals are killed in a bullfight or corrida, during this festival, immortalised in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises" and dating back to medieval times and also featuring religious processions, folk dancing, concerts and round-the-clock drinking. / AFP / ANDER GILLENEA

  • ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH A reveller injured by a wild cow is taken away from the bullring following the seventh running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera TEMPLATE OUT
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    ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH A reveller injured by a wild cow is taken away from the bullring following the seventh running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera TEMPLATE OUT

  • Runners sprint ahead of bulls during the seventh running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera
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    Runners sprint ahead of bulls during the seventh running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera

  • A "Kiliki" hits children with a sponge during San Fermin festival's "Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos" (Parade of the Giants and Big Heads) in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera
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    A "Kiliki" hits children with a sponge during San Fermin festival's "Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos" (Parade of the Giants and Big Heads) in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera

  • TOPSHOT - Children run in the "Encierro Txiki" (Small Bull Run) during the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain on July 13, 2017. The festival is a symbol of Spanish culture that attracts thousands of tourists to watch the bull runs despite heavy condemnation from animal rights groups. / AFP / ANDER GILLENEA
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    TOPSHOT - Children run in the "Encierro Txiki" (Small Bull Run) during the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain on July 13, 2017. The festival is a symbol of Spanish culture that attracts thousands of tourists to watch the bull runs despite heavy condemnation from animal rights groups. / AFP / ANDER GILLENEA

  • A Nunez del Cuvillo's fighting bull runs overa fallen participant during the seventh bull run of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain on July 13, 2017. Each day at 8:00 am hundreds of people race with six bulls, charging along a winding, 848.6-metre (more than half a mile) course through narrow streets to the city's bull ring, where the animals are killed in a bullfight or corrida, during this festival, immortalised in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises" and dating back to medieval times and also featuring religious processions, folk dancing, concerts and round-the-clock drinking. / AFP / ANDER GILLENEA
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    A Nunez del Cuvillo's fighting bull runs overa fallen participant during the seventh bull run of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain on July 13, 2017. Each day at 8:00 am hundreds of people race with six bulls, charging along a winding, 848.6-metre (more than half a mile) course through narrow streets to the city's bull ring, where the animals are killed in a bullfight or corrida, during this festival, immortalised in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises" and dating back to medieval times and also featuring religious processions, folk dancing, concerts and round-the-clock drinking. / AFP / ANDER GILLENEA

  • Participants run ahead of Nunez del Cuvillo's fighting bulls during the seventh bull run of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain on July 13, 2017. Each day at 8:00 am hundreds of people race with six bulls, charging along a winding, 848.6-metre (more than half a mile) course through narrow streets to the city's bull ring, where the animals are killed in a bullfight or corrida, during this festival, immortalised in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises" and dating back to medieval times and also featuring religious processions, folk dancing, concerts and round-the-clock drinking. / AFP / MIGUEL RIOPA
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    Participants run ahead of Nunez del Cuvillo's fighting bulls during the seventh bull run of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain on July 13, 2017. Each day at 8:00 am hundreds of people race with six bulls, charging along a winding, 848.6-metre (more than half a mile) course through narrow streets to the city's bull ring, where the animals are killed in a bullfight or corrida, during this festival, immortalised in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises" and dating back to medieval times and also featuring religious processions, folk dancing, concerts and round-the-clock drinking. / AFP / MIGUEL RIOPA

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Madrid. Ocho personas resultaron heridas este jueves, dos de ellas por asta de toro, en el séptimo encierro celebrado en Pamplona, en el norte de , por la fiesta de , indicaron las autoridades.

El encierro, con toros de la ganadería de Núñez de Cuvillo y un recorrido de 800 metros, duró dos minutos y 40 segundos. Fueron corneados dos hombres, de 36 y 41 años, originarios de la región.

En total fueron hospitalizados siete hombres y una mujer de entre 18 y 57 años, todos españoles. Ninguno tenía lesiones graves, según el gobierno regional de Navarra. Sin embargo para tres personas el gobierno precisa que el pronóstico es reservado.

En el video de la carrera, el séptimo de los ocho encierros previstos, puede verse a dos toros pisando a uno de los mozos.

La Cruz Roja por su lado atendió a 57 personas al final de la carrera, en su mayoría heridos de levedad que no necesitaron ir al hospital.

Las fiestas de San Fermín, del 6 al 14 de julio, están entre las más famosas de España y atraen cada año a cientos de miles de visitantes del mundo entero.

Durante una semana, cada mañana a las ocho cientos de 'mozos' ataviados de camisa y pantalón blancos y con un pañuelo rojo al cuello corren delante de los toros por el centro de Pamplona.

Cualquier persona de más de 18 años puede participar en la carrera, pero las autoridades recuerdan que las heridas son frecuentes y que incluso ha habido muertos, concretamente 15 desde 1911. El último fue en el 2009.

En el 2016, 87 personas resultaron heridas, 12 de ellas por asta de toro.

Fuente: AFP
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