
A 16-year-old boy is in hospital on Friday after a required an amputation due to injury from a firecracker.
The accident happened in the courtyard of a Larnaca church around 4.30pm on Thursday where a number of youths had gathered.
Police reported that, in circumstances under investigation, an improvised firecracker exploded in close proximity to the boy who was injured.
He was initially taken to Larnaca general hospital, where it