NYE's fireworks kill men in Germany, Austria

BERLIN — Exploding fireworks killed 2 men connected New Year’s Eve, 1 successful Germany and the different successful Austria, section media reported Saturday.

A 37-year-old antheral died successful Hennef adjacent Germany’s occidental metropolis of Bonn. A 39-year-old was severely injured successful the aforesaid incidental and taken to the hospital.

In Austria, a 23-year-old antheral died southwest of Vienna and 3 different radical were injured.

Several different radical were injured successful different mishaps involving fireworks successful the German cities of Leipzig and Hamburg, German quality bureau dpa reported.

The merchantability of fireworks for idiosyncratic usage was banned successful Germany this twelvemonth owed to the coronavirus pandemic. Some Germans bought amerciable fireworks oregon built their own, expanding the hazard of accidents.