Easter accidents boost calls for strict regulations

In the wake of a cameraman's death during a traditional event and the accidental shooting of an 8-year-old girl on Easter Sunday, calls have grown for the imposition of restrictions on potentially dangerous customs. 

The mayor of the southwestern city of Kalamata - where 53-year-old cameraman Costas Theodorakakis died after he was hit in the head by a flare during a display of the traditional "Dart Wars" - has called for restrictions to such events in the future.

Speaking to Kathimerini, Mayor Panayiotis Nikas called for new legislation that will designate specific areas of the country that will be licensed to stage such events under strict guidelines.

If the legal framework is not amended, he insisted, "there's no way the city council will sanction anything to do with the staging of this event."

Fireworks-related accidents occur almost every Easter...