Three men are facing charges after three officers were hit by fireworks in New Bedford over the weekend.

Officers were called to Monte Park off Acushnet Avenue Sunday night to disperse a crowd that had formed following the city’s Cape Verdean Independence Day festivities.

Police said as officers began dispersing the crowd, someone tossed at least three lit fireworks in their direction.

Though the officers were able to jump out of the way of the first one, police said the second one hit three of them. The third lit firework was thrown into a nearby tree, according to police.

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