The 3kg potentially lethal Kvara Bomb, named after the Georgia dribbling sensation who has sent league leader Napoli's fans wild this season, is one of the additions to the high-explosive fireworks for New Year celebrations in the southern city which unleashes the biggest mayhem every year and has the highest casualty toll in Italy.
The huge banger named after Khvicha Kvaratskhelia aka Kvaradona for his similarities to Diego Maradona, joins past notorious illegal Naples fireworks including the COVID Bomb, Cobra 7, the Rambo 1, the Uranus 2020, the Kamikaze, the Bin Laden Bomb, The Maradona Bomb, The Pope Bomb, Desert Storm, Red October, Turbo 3, The Spread, Maya and Insigne, after another past Napoli darling, striker Lorenzo Insigne.
Women in Naples got so fed up with their menfolk in 2008 that they launched a 'no sex if you let off fireworks' drive.
The operation had some success as the number of injuries dropped by about 100.
Many of the illegal fireworks sold in Italy are actually rudimentary bombs.
Naples youths delight in giving heavy-duty fireworks scary or jokey names.
Tonnes of illegal noise-creating devices have been seized in the run up to the New Year again this year.
Last year there were no deaths from fireworks in the New Year mayhem across Italy but several people were injured, the majority in Naples.
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