Man gored as Pamplona bull running festival begins

Five other participants in the Spanish bull run were hospitalised with trauma injuries, while the 37-year-old local man is thought to have suffered a gore injury to his palate

Participants run with bulls from La Palmosilla ranch on Sunday in Pamplona, Spain. One man was gored and a further five trauma injuries during the traditional San Fermín fiestas. Picture: Alvaro Barrientos/AP

One man has been gored and another five rushed to hospital with trauma injuries at the start of the famous Running of the Bulls festival in Spain.

A 37-year-old man from Beriáin near Pamplona, where the annual festival takes place every July, is believed to have suffered a gore injury to his palate.