ISSUE NO. 1619
14 - 20 July 2016
COSTA BLANCA NORTH
YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
Another death at bull run By Simon Russell For the second year in a row a death has occurred at the Pedreguer ‘bous al carrer ’ bull running event. Ruben Frasquet Morant, aged 29 and from Oliva, died in the early hours of Saturday July 9 after the bull charged him and punctured his heart. It appears the bull began charging an enclosure.
Ruben was trying to help others to safety when he was struck down by the animal. The Red Cross was quickly in attendance but it was c le a r th at th e w o u n d s re ceived had been very serio u s a n d h e d ied at the scene. T h e y o u n g man w a s a popular figure in Oliva where he played for local football teams and was also a keen runner. Last year a French tourist, also by coincidence staying in Oliva, was killed while apparently try in g to p h o to g rap h t he bull running. T h is w e e k en d als o s a w th e d e a th o f a mata d o r in Te ru el at a b u llfig h ti ng
event that was televised live across Spain. In Denia over the same weekend there were several protests organised against
the alleged cruelty of the town’s own bull related event which involves the animals being harried into the sea from the harbour walls.
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