Boy, 10, loses three fingers to firecracker

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 30 - A 10-year-old boy lost two fingers of his right hand and his left thumb to a firecracker near Taranto on the night of December 28 as pre-New Year's Eve firework mayhem continued in Italy, local sources said Saturday.
    The victim was maimed by the sudden explosion of the homemade firecracker he had bought shortly before from a woman who was traced and cited.
    The child, initially taken to the Santissima Annunziata hospital in Taranto, was then transported to the Policlinico di Bari where he was admitted to the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery department.
    Other illegally detained fireworks were found in the woman's home. (ANSA).