In Jinhua Street of Daye City, a 10-year-old boy named Xiaogang filled a glass bottle with gunpowder to make a "homemade bomb". As a result, after the "homemade bomb" was ignited, it exploded and injured several onlooker children. One of the victims had multiple wounds on his leg, and a piece of glass about 4 centimeters long pierced his back. Yesterday, the victim's family said that if this matter was not handled properly, they would hold his parents responsible.
According to Mr. Hu, the father of one of the victims, at around 12:00 noon on January 1st, the 10-year-old Xiaogang peeled off some unexploded firecrackers, took out the gunpowder inside, and poured it into a glass bottle to ignite. At the time, his son, Hu Jie, was playing nearby and was unexpectedly injured by the explosion.
The attending doctor of the victim stated that when Hu Jie was sent to the hospital, there were multiple obvious wounds on his thigh, bleeding profusely, with some glass fragments embedded in the wounds. The largest piece of glass fragment in the wound on his back was about three to four centimeters long.
Mr. Hu said that besides his son Hu Jie, another 11-year-old child named Xiao Luo was also injured and was sent to the People's Hospital of Huangshi for treatment. Xiao Luo's face was injured, and his face was full of small "blood spots", all caused by the splashed sand.
"I heard a loud explosion, and soon after, my son came running home covered in blood, I was terrified..." Xiao Luo's mother said that Xiao Luo's face was injured, and his left ear was also cut by a piece of glass.
"At that moment, I heard a loud explosion, and many sands flew onto my face, causing an intense burning pain," Xiao Luo lying in the hospital bed said that Xiaogang from the same village placed a glass bottle filled with gunpowder on a sand pile, claiming he made a big "thunderclap" to show everyone. At the time, he and four or five other playmates gathered around to watch, but just as it was lit, they didn't have time to run far before the "thunderclap" exploded with a bang.
During the incident, Xiaogang, who made the homemade "bomb," was also severely injured and has been transferred to a hospital in Huangshi for treatment.