Navajas is north of Valencia on the Costa Calida.Last Friday they were celebrating the San Antonio fiesta , the patron saint of animals and were using a bull with burning horns as their entertainment.The 400 kilo bull had just been released into the enclosure and rushed towards a pile of wood where three men were watching the spectacle.Two of the men escaped but the other tripped and the bull charged him and stamped on his head causing irreversible damage.
The mayor of Navajas sent his condolences to the family of the dead man but the bull running for the following day was not cancelled.However black bows were tied to the flags at the town hall as a sign of respect.
The man lived about 70 kilometres south of Navajas and had travelled with friends for the bull running.The family of the man are questioning whether the bull running was being organised strictly to the rules laid down.The mayor has stated that they stood on the wood pile at their own risk.
It was ironic that this accident happened at a fiesta given over to the blessing of animals.That poor bull must have been terrified.
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