Six tonnes of illegal fireworks were
seized in Rome Saturday as an Italian police crackdown on
potentially lethal New Year explosive devices continued.
Each year in Italy fireworks leave countless people maimed and
sometimes killed.
This year major cities including Rome and Palermo have banned
fireworks on New Year's Eve though big-bang fans are expected to
flout the order.
The celebrations are always the loudest and most dangerous in
Naples, the southern city which unleashes the biggest mayhem
every year and has the highest casualty toll in Italy.
The Kvara Bomb, named after the Georgia dribbling sensation who
sent scudetto winners Napoli's fans wild last season, is one of
the latest additions to the high-explosive fireworks on offer
there.
The huge banger named after Khvicha Kvaratskhelia aka Kvaradona
for his similarities to Diego Maradona, joins past notorious
illegal Naples fireworks including the COVID Bomb, Cobra 7, the
Rambo 1, the Uranus 2020, the Kamikaze, the Bin Laden Bomb, The
Maradona Bomb, The Pope Bomb, Desert Storm, Red October, Turbo
3, The Spread, Maya and Insigne, after another past Napoli
darling, striker Lorenzo Insigne.
Women in Naples got so fed up with their menfolk in 2008
that they launched a 'no sex if you let off fireworks' drive.
The operation had some success as the number of injuries
dropped by about 100.
Many of the illegal fireworks sold in Italy are actually
rudimentary bombs.
Naples youths delight in giving heavy-duty fireworks scary
or jokey names.
Tonnes of illegal noise-creating devices have been seized in the
run up to the New Year again this year.
Last year there were no deaths from fireworks in the New Year
mayhem across Italy but several people were injured, the
majority in Naples.
On Friday night a 28-year-old man was seriously injured in the
head when a firecracker exploded at Anzio on the Roman littoral.
Carabinieri rushed to the scene and ascertained that shortly
before, the young man, while at a party in a club, had gone
outdoors and had been accidentally hit by the explosion of a
firecracker thrown by a friend.
The paramilitary cops carried out an inspection during which
some blood traces were found.
After initial treatment at Anzio's Riuniti hospital, the injured
man was rushed to Rome's San Camillo hospital, in a reserved
prognosis: he was admitted to intensive care after undergoing
surgery.
Carabinieri have identified the friend who allegedly exploded
the firecracker.
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