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2010年12月16日星期四

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According to a recent New York Times article, Daniel Jimeno Romero, 27, died on Friday after being gored by a bull during the annual Fiestas de San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain. As the Associated Press reports: Romero is the 15th person to be killed during the running of the bulls since record-keeping of deaths at the festival began in 1924. The last replica brand watches time a person was killed during the event was in 2003 when a 63-year-old Spanish man was trampled in the head by a bull and died after spending several months in a coma.Cuatro TV, a local Spanish broadcasting station, has posted an amateur video of the goring on their website.Dave Costello