The clock just struck midnight and BOOM

My neighborhood was just shook by a series of more than 100 explosions about 30 minutes ago. Me and my wife had been sitting in our room, in a state of shock, thinking of what hell has just unleashed... Just yesterday we had the news of Brussels and now this... what fresh hell is this? Among all the explosions, there were distant screams of women and children as well. From my window I could see a tint of red reflecting on the neighboring rooftops. After being in shock for a good 10 minutes, I finally pulled myself together and called our security guard about what the hell was happening. His replied: "It's firework... You should come out and see, they are celebrating national day at the park". Left me speechless. Other people were in shock as well, until they too realized that it's just fireworks...

Fuc* all the insensitive people who held such an event at a time like this without publicizing it. I tell you all, the first 20 minutes of this new day have been the worst of my life. We feared the very worst, given the VERY VOLATILE situation of my country; what just happened here right now could not have been any more insensitive.