The Pigeon Express
A seven-year-old boy and his elder sister have been killed during a fireworks display to mark France’s national day in the western town of Cholet. “A rocket exploded in the middle of people,” said Mayor Gilles Bourdouleix. He described how the victims were with other family members 50m (160ft) from where the fireworks were being […]
Fireworks have killed three people and injured scores others in Europe despite bans being in place against their use. In the Netherlands, a 12-year-old boy was killed and another seriously injured watching an adult set off a home-made device, local media reported. Dutch police have arrested a man. In Germany, a 37-year-old man was killed […]