The grandfather of a four-year-old boy who suffered serious injuries from playing firecrackers, said he kept them at home to chase away monkeys. "I had warned him many times not to play with the firecrackers which I only use to scare off the wild monkeys," Osman Hamid said, adding that his grandson had never disobeyed him. Osman was away from home when the incident happened on Monday. The boy's left palm and fingers were reportedly blown off by a powerful firecracker while playing with his friends in the compound of his home in Tanjung Sepat.