The bull-running festival, in Pamplona, turned brutal when half-tonne bulls ploughed into a human pile-up during the Fermin festival, leaving 23 injured . The bulls leapt over the pile, crushing runners under their hooves. Panicked festival-goers in traditional white shirts and red neckerchiefs scrambled over those in front of them and others tried to pull the fallen free, causing stampede.

The bulls trampled over the participants leaving many severely injured. Pic/AFP