6 killed, including 3 kids, after kite strings slit their necks during Indian festival

How awful! What kind of tradition is THIS?

Three children and three adults were killed when their throats were slit by kite strings during a weekend festival in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Revelers are known to engage in kite fights, in which competitors aim to sever the kite strings of other opponents at the annual Uttarayan festival.

* The dangerous kite strings are often coated with glass powder, or even lined with metal, making them razor-sharp.

The dead:
* A two-year-old girl identified only as Kirti was riding with her father on his bicycle in Bhavnagar city when her neck was cut by a kite string, and she died at a local hospital.

* Three-year-old Kismat was walking home with her mother in the town of Visnagar Saturday when a cord sliced her neck. She was rushed to a hospital and pronounced dead.

* In the city of Rakjot, police said seven-year-old Rishab Verma was riding with his parents on their bicycle when a kite string wrapped around his neck, resulting in his death.

*Similar accidents were reported in the Vadodara, Kutch and Gandhinagar districts, leading to the deaths of Swamiji Yadav, 35, Narendra Vaghela, 20, and Ashwin Gadhvi, who all had their necks sliced open while biking.

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Last Edited by nutmeg on 01/18/2023 10:40 AM