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One person was gored in the thigh and three others suffered injuries during the annual running of the bull in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona.Thousands of thrill-seekers dressed in white with red neckerchiefs raced with bulls during the event, along a narrow 930-yard (850-meter) course from a holding pen to the city bull ring.
Many spectators stayed up drinking all night in bars beforehand.
Red Cross spokesman Jose Aldaba, confirmed that four people were taken to a city hospital with injuries sustained in the run.
Show all 20 1 /20In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain A bull throws a reveler in the bullring during the Fiesta de San Fermin in Pamplona in July 2014
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain 'Mozos' or runners fall during the 4th bull run at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain Members of the Red Cross look after two girls after bulls from 'Jarandilla' ranch entered the bull ring during de fifth bullrun at the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain 'Mozos' or runners are crowded together as bulls from the 'Jarandilla' ranch turn La Estafeta street during de fifth bullrun at the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain Jandilla ranch fighting bulls enter the bullring during a running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain A bull jumps over revelers on the ring at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain A man wheeling a bull head chases children at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain A reveler is hit by a bull on the ring at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain Photographers take a close up as 'mozos' or runners fall just before the bulls during the second 'encierro' at the San Fermin Fiestas in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain Bulls chase 'mozos' or runners as some fall to the ground during the second 'encierro' at the San Fermin Fiestas in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain Runners sprint alongside Torrestrella fighting bulls at the Estafeta corner during the first running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain Bulls run after the 'mozos' or runners during the first bullrun of the 2014 Sanfermines in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain Revellers run with Torrestrella's fighting bulls along the Calle Estafeta during the second day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain A statue of San Fermin, the patron saint of the Fiesta of San Fermin, is paraded during a procession on the second day of the Festival of San Fermin (or Sanfermines) in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain A runner avoids a fighting calf inside Pamplona Bullring during the second day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain Participants run in front of Torrestrella's bulls during the first bull-run of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain Steers and bulls from the Ranch of Torrestrella run above runners entering the bullring during the second day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain Medical assistants help a participant injured during the running of the bulls with ''Torrestrella'' fighting bulls, at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain Bulls run after the 'mozos' or runners during the first bullrun of the 2014 Sanfermines in Pamplona
In pictures: Bull running in Pamplona Spain Revelers cheer before the launch of the "Chupinazo" rocket, which is set off to announce the start of the Fiesta of San Fermin, during the celebration of the opening day of the Fiesta of San Fermin 2014 in front of the Town Hall of Pamplona
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