In the streets of Pamplona ----

An American tourist was gored by a bull on this morning along with two Spaniards on the bloodiest day of the famous Spanish Running of the Bulls festival so far this year.

The 20-year-old American tourist was gored in the stomach and a 42-year-old Spaniard in the arm as they took part in a bull-run in Pamplona, where people race through the Spanish town's cobbled streets pursued by the animals.

But the most terrifying moments occurred when a lone bull which had become separated from the pack attacked a second Spanish runner as he lay helpless on the ground after being mown down by the animal and tripping in front of it.

Horrifying: Three people were gored today on the bloodiest day of the famous Spanish Running of the Bulls festival so far this year

Agony: A 20-year-old American was gored in the stomach and a 42-year-old Spaniard in the arm

Vicious: A man winces in pain as he is gored by a bull - six people in total were taken to hospital after today's run, the sixth of eight

Treatment: Red Cross personnel look after a runner or 'mozo' after being gored by a bull from Pilar ranch, during the sixth bullrun of Sanfermines

Emergency: Red Cross personnel carry a runner on a stretcher to receive treatment after being gored

Surgeons were also operating on the American gored in the stomach by another bull earlier along the half-mile run through the town of Pamplona in northern Spain.
The government press office identified the American gored only by his initials - P.E. - and gave his age as 20.

He and a second American, aged 48 and thought to have suffered head injuries, were also described as being in a 'serious' condition.

Six people in total were taken to hospital after today's run, the sixth of eight.
The gorings were the first of this year's festival, in which just 15 runners had been taken to hospital over the first five days.