Co Tyrone: Young girl injured by firework believed to have been thrown by youths in 'reckless act' outside village petrol station
A young child was injured by a firework in what police described as a “reckless act” by youths in Carrickmore on Saturday night (October 31).
Police received a report that a group of young people were throwing fireworks outside a petrol station in the Main Street area of the village around 8.30pm.
Local policing Inspector McDonagh said: “One firework which they threw into the road partially exploded and then bounced back, exploding for a second time beside a child who was in the area with her parents.
“She sustained a burn to her forearm, which required hospital treatment. This little girl was aged under two and it’s only by sheer luck that the consequences of this reckless act weren’t even more serious.
"The irresponsibility of throwing fireworks near a petrol station is shocking. There were four young men, aged in their mid-teens and wearing dark-coloured tracksuits, involved and we would appeal to anyone with information on the identity of those responsible to contact us.”