8 Aug, 2016 @ 13:32
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Five year old killed by firework during fiesta in southern Spain

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fireworksA FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy has died after a firework exploded in his face.

The incident occured Sunday night during a Fiesta in Montillana, near Granada.

The boy, who was visiting with his family from nearby Alcala la Real, was rushed to hospital but he was announced dead on arrival.

The Guardia Civil have arrested a man and are investigating him for ‘negligent homicide’ after he reportedly fired off a rocket which veered into a crowd of people.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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