Runners sprint alongside Pedraza de Yeltes fighting bulls near the entrance to the bullring during the fourth running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 10, 2016.
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More than 1,000 participants packed the narrow cobblestoned streets of Pamplona’s old town.
A government statement said a 33-year-old Japanese man and a 24-year-old Spaniard were gored.
The latest incidents cast a further shadow over the controversial festival which has already been rocked by the death of top matador Victor Barrio who was gored to death in front of hundreds of fans in an event which was being broadcast live on television.
Pamplona and its bull running festival is a very popular event, people come here from different countries.
Another of the six bulls in the run got separated from the pack, did a U-turn and gored a nearby runner, lifting his body off the ground and flipping him over.
Navarra Hospital Dr. Jon Ariceta said four people were taken to city hospitals with contusions.
It was initially thought only three runners had suffered head injuries during the run which started at 8am local time.
The Sunday bull run is usually one of the most crowded of the festival, which was immortalised in Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises”.
A 28-year-old man was also killed by a bull Saturday in the southeastern village of Pedreguer near Valencia.
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A 35-year-old Brit was also hurt on the second San Fermin bull-run, although not seriously. In all, 15 people have died from gorings in the festival since record-keeping began in 1924.
