03/01/2023 11:59 am (act. 03/01/2023 11:59 am)
Senior injured his hand in his room ©APA/dpa
A 91-year-old man died of his injuries after a rocket exploded at a nursing home in the German city of Erfurt. The resident of the house obviously handled the explosive device in his bedroom on New Year’s Day, which exploded and seriously injured the man’s hand, police said on Tuesday. He succumbed to his injuries in hospital on Monday.
Indications that strangers would have thrown fireworks into the 91-year-old man’s room were not confirmed during the course of the investigation. The explosion was so violent that the room and furniture were badly damaged.