A minor under 15 years of age was injured this Wednesday by a bull's horn during the bullfighting festivities in the Valencian town of Gilet, as confirmed to Europa Press by health sources. The minor has been transferred to the hospital, where he remains admitted with a reserved prognosis.
The teenager has suffered a goring in the leg and has had to be rushed to Sagunt Hospital. The events occurred around 15.00:XNUMX p.m. after the running of the bulls, when the organization was preparing to test two cows in the square set up for the event using 'cadafales', according to Levante-EMV.
Apparently, the injured minor was found outside the square, peeking out between the sticks, when after releasing a first bull, the organization released a second one that the victim did not expect and that gored the teenager in the thigh, this detailed daily.
The circumstance occurs that this new catching occurs just two days after the Consultative Commission of 'Bous al Carrer' of the Valencian Community, in which all the agents involved in these festivities are represented, recommended carrying out «a greater reinforcement » in compliance with the rules included in the regulations that regulate them after this summer seven people have lost their lives in acts of this type.
The municipality of Vest celebrates its Bullfighting Week from August 29 to September 4, with around twenty events, including cow and bull entrances, an embolado bull, and an exhibition and herd trials.
