Five days after New Year’s Eve, a 13-year-old suffered serious injuries when a firecracker exploded in Anklam. The boy found the firecracker in a park on Thursday and tried to set it on fire, police said. But because the firecracker didn’t seem to be burning, the boy picked it up again. The firecracker exploded. The 13-year-old was taken to the Greifswald University Hospital with serious injuries to his hand. According to witnesses, two other children who were present ran away before the police arrived.

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