Pamplona rumbles: bulls injure 8 runners

PAMPLONA, Spain, July 7 (UPI) -- Fighting bulls charged half a mile through Spain's Pamplona Wednesday as thousands of white-and-red clad runners sought to escape their horns and hoofs.

All but eight men succeeded, and none of those eight were seriously injured by any of the five bulls, the BBC reported.

Known as the festival of San Fermin, it continues for a week, with morning bull runs each day, afternoon bullfights and all-night parties.

The festival, held since 1591 as part of a religious celebration, was made internationally popular by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises."

Since record keeping began in 1924, at least 13 people have been killed.