Councils and fire and rescue services have urged people to avoid buying cheap fireworks from suspect outlests which could leave them with life-changing injuries.
International medical teams in Gaza report injuries “of an unusual severity” with “an extreme level of destruction to bones and soft tissue, and large exit wounds that can be the size of a fist.”
More than 10,000 civilians lost their lives or suffered injuries during 2017, according to the latest annual UN report documenting the impact of the armed conflict on civilians in Afghanistan.