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The condition of a four-year-old child is critical after being hit by fireworks.
Lancashire Police are now appealing for a person to come forward in connection with the incident and warning that “this year has gone too far”.
The force said officers attended a number of incidents involving anti-social use of fireworks in Burnley on Wednesday.
A 4-year-old boy was seriously injured during the incidents in the Elm Street area and is hospitalized in critical condition.
Police have released photographs of a man they want to speak to in connection with the incident in an appeal to the public to help officers identify him.
“We know this area has seen anti-social use of fireworks in the past, but this year it has gone to extremes, resulting in a child being admitted to hospital,” the force said in a statement. “We are urging the community to do the right thing and tell us who he is.”
Anyone who recognizes the man in the photographs is asked to email police at burnley.npt@lancashire.police.uk quoting investigation reference 04/189049/25.
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