Bull scare

ON a day that promised to be one of celebration and joy in Gata de Gorgos for its patron saint festivities, the evening's excitement of Saturday, July 30 suddenly turned into sheer panic. As the children paraded in costume through the streets, a communication failure seems to have triggered the premature departure of the bous al carrer (bulls in the street), who suddenly appeared running behind the hundreds of children. Luckily, every single child escaped injury

Nine bulls were accidentally released early. The town hall investigated the incident and reported that the parade commissions had delayed their passage until 7.20pm because of the parade. Due to a communication error, the bulls were released an hour earlier than expected, running straight towards the innocent crowd. The town hall released a statement.

“We want to apologise for the events that occurred at the bull festivities yesterday. We know that this incident caused distress to many people, and that affected the image of our festivals.

We inform you that all necessary measures have been taken to ensure that they do not happen again”.