"Quite simple"

Rockets and ball bombs – what is allowed here?

(Bild: APA/KERSTIN SCHELLER)

What usually lights up the night sky on New Year's Eve can also be fatal in extreme cases. The "Krone" asked lawyer Sascha Flatz which fireworks are permitted in Austria. And when to expect a trial in tragic cases - perhaps even a prison sentence.

Hardly a turn of the year goes by without an incident - which can even be fatal in an emergency. And for those responsible in court: it was only in mid-November that four young people were brought before a judge in Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria). Last New Year's Eve in Ternitz (district of Neunkirchen), two of their friends - both 18 years old - died after a faulty ball bomb detonation. "I wasn't aware of the danger at that moment," said one of the accused.