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Boston bombing suspect bought fireworks in New Hampshire

April 23, 2013 16:46
BOSTON (Reuters) - Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a shootout with police, had bought two large packages of fireworks in February from a store in Seabrook, New Hampshire, the company that runs the store said on Tuesday.

2 dead, 9 injured in fireworks plant blast

April 9, 2013 07:11
Two people died and nine others were injured in a blast at a fireworks plant in central China's Hunan Province, authorities said Monday. The blast occurred around 3 p.m. Sunday at a workshop of the Huangjia Fireworks Plant in Baitutan Township, Liling City, said a spokesman with the city government. Two people died at the scene. Of the nine injured people receiving treatment at the hospital, one was in serious condition, said the spokesman. The manager of the plant has been detained, and police are investigating the case.

Death toll from Mexico fireworks explosion rises to 16

March 17, 2013 12:45
Mexico City, Mar 17 (EFE).- Two more people have died, raising the death toll from a fireworks explosion in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala this weekend to 16, officials said. Nine people - eight men and a woman - died at the scene of the blast Friday in the village of Jesus Tepactepec, while five others seriously injured in the blast, including a child, were pronounced dead at area hospitals, the state government said.

Toll in Mexico fireworks explosion rises to 16

March 17, 2013 02:45
The number of people killed when a small truck loaded with fireworks exploded during a religious procession in a central Mexican village rose to 16 Sunday, authorities said. Scores more injured in Friday's tragedy were still being treated in hospitals, said a statement released by the Tlaxcala state government. The document said a total of 154 people had been injured in the accident, of whom 72 remain hospitalized.

Mexico fireworks blast death toll rises to 14

March 16, 2013 19:32
Mexico City, Mar 16 (EFE).- The death toll from a fireworks explosion in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala has risen to 14, authorities said Saturday. The state government said in a statement that nine people died at the site of the accident in the village of Jesus Tepactepec - eight men and one woman - while five others seriously injured in the blast, including one child, passed away in area hospitals.

Toll in Mexico fireworks explosion rises to 14

March 16, 2013 17:30
The number of people killed when a small truck loaded with fireworks exploded during a religious procession in a central Mexican village, rose to 14 Saturday, authorities said. Scores more injured in Friday's tragedy were still being treated in hospitals, said Tlaxcala state Governor Mariano Gonzalez. And "the figure we have now is 14 fatalities" plus 154 injured, of whom 74 were hospitalized, he told local media.

Mexico fireworks explosion kills 11, injures dozens

March 15, 2013 23:30
A small truck loaded with fireworks exploded during a religious procession in a central Mexican village on Friday, killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens. One witness said he saw "bodies flying" as people ran for cover after a stray firework landed on the truck in Jesus Tepactepec in the middle of a march for the village's patron saint. "My God, this is a tragedy," said the bishop of Tlaxcala, Francisco Moreno, visibly shaken by the scene as he surveyed the site after the explosion.

Mexico fireworks explosion kills 11, injures dozens

March 15, 2013 21:00
A small truck loaded with fireworks exploded during a religious procession in a central Mexican village on Friday, killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens. One witness said he saw "bodies flying" as people ran for cover after a stray firework landed on the truck in the village of Jesus Tepactepec in the middle of a march for the village's patron saint. "My God, this is a tragedy," said the bishop of Tlaxcala, Francisco Moreno, visibly shaken by the scene as he surveyed the site after the explosion.

Fireworks blast kills at least 13 Catholic pilgrims in Mexico

March 15, 2013 21:00
TLAXCALA (Reuters) - At least 13 people were killed and 154 others injured on Friday when a truck containing fireworks exploded in a freak accident in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala, casting a pall over a Catholic procession in honour of a local patron saint. The explosion was ignited when a stray firework fell into a truck carrying other fireworks, said Jose Mateo Morales, director of emergency services for Tlaxcala state.

Mexico fireworks explosion kills 9, injures 70

March 15, 2013 19:30
A small truck loaded with fireworks for a religious event exploded in central Mexico on Friday, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens, with one witness saying he saw "bodies flying" as people ran for cover. The explosion took place when one firework apparently landed on the truck in the village of Jesus Tepatepec, part of the municipality of Nativitas, 125 kilometers (78 miles) east of Mexico City, a spokeswoman for the Tlaxcala state government said. "We have preliminary information that there are nine people dead and almost 70 injured," she told AFP.
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