The deaths occurred during bull-running in the streets, not
in bullrings. It is an unusually high number of fatalities for such a short
period.
Among them was a 36-year-old town councillor gored in
Penafiel, a town near Valladolid, north of Madrid.
Further north an 18-year-old man gored in the stomach died
in Lerin, Navarra.
The other deaths occurred during bull festivals in the
regions of Valencia, Murcia, Toledo, Castellon and Alicante.
Opponents condemn bullfighting as barbaric, but it still has
many fans in Spain, including Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
According to Spanish economics lecturer Juan Medina at the
University of Extremadura, bullfighting generated €282.4m (£200m; $313m) in
2013, of which €59m was income from sales tax (VAT).
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