Three killed by fireworks

[Tony]

Three people were killed over the Easter weekend when they attempted to set off homemade fireworks, authorities said yesterday, despite an awareness campaign and the seizure of more than 1 million illegal fireworks by police.

A 39-year-old man was killed on Easter Sunday on the eastern Aegean island of Icaria when a homemade firework blew up in his hands. He was named as Markos Glaros, a married man with two children.

A 50-year-old father of three was killed on the same day in a village near Agrinion, central Greece. One of the unnamed man’s hands was blown off when a firework exploded and he died from his injuries soon afterward.

Authorities said that a 59-year-old man died Good Friday in a village near Mesolongi, western Greece, when a firework that he had made exploded in his hands.

 

[Kobajo]

Vraag me af om wat voor vuurwerk dit gaat aangezien het in alle drie de gevallen gaat om vuurwerk dat in de hand ontploft is.
Heeft het vuurwerk iets met pasen te maken en als je naar de leeftijd kijkt van de 3 personen ga je er toch van uit dat ze wat verstandiger met vuurwerk om zouden gaan.

Kan me trouwens wel een filmpje herinneren uit mexico waarbij er een buisje met kruit in de hand werd gehouden en aangestoken door de bevolking daar.
Misschien dat ze in Griekenland dezelfde traditie hebben.

 

[meggsy]

I assume that fireworks are illegal in Greece?

If so, then this is what happens when you deregulate fireworks, people will attempt to find a way to express their desire to play with fire, and that is always dangerous. Very sad.