Crowded confinement without horns in Pamplona – Brownsville Herald

Thousands of people took part Sunday in a mass closure in the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, ​​northern Spain, which ended without any injuries from gorings.

The only hurt that required Transfer to hospital suffered a possible broken arm, Red Cross spokesman Alfonso Contin, citing preliminary reports said.

On Sunday closure participated bulls livestock Conde de la Maza, weighing between 560 and 620 kilos (between 1235 and 1327 pounds). Although animals pushed and knocked down in his swift runners through the streets of Pamplona, ​​no serious incidents.

These festivities, which last 9 days, held in honor of the patron saint of Pamplona, They back to the sixteenth century. The festivities achieved international fame after Ernest Hemingway’s novel include in its 1926 “Fiesta” (“The Sun Also Rises”).