Pamplona bull running festival 2012 photos Runners, in traditional white clothing and red kerchiefs around their necks
One thrill-seeker was gored in a leg and four others injured as this year's Pamplona bull running festival kicked off today.
One thrill-seeker was gored in a leg and four others injured as this year's Pamplona bull running festival kicked off today.
Thousands of adrenaline-fueled runners raced ahead of six fighting bulls in the streets of the northern Spanish city as part of the San Fermin festival, officials said.
Runners, in traditional white clothing and red kerchiefs around their necks, tripped over each other or fell in the mad daredevil annual rush along early morning dew-moistened slippery streets to the city's bull ring. 
Tossed aside: A runner, or 'mozo', is thrown by a bull as the Pamplona bull running festival kicks off
Participants run in front of Dolores Ybarra's bulls during the first bull run of the San Fermin Festival
One youth got the top of his shirt caught on a bull's horn, inches from his face, and was dragged several yards along the ground, but was seen to get up and run away.
The gored runner, meanwhile, was taken to a local hospital and four others were treated for cuts and bruises, Red Cross spokesman Jose Aldaba said.
It is also known around the world for its wild all-night street parties which commemorate the city's patron saint.
Drunken revellers filled the streets for the first, the Chupinazo, which marks the start at noon sharp of the main festival.
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