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Six people die, including three children, when their throats are slit with KITE STRINGS at an Indian festival
Six people, including three children, have died at a festival in India after kite strings slashed their throats.
Nearly 200 people were also injured due to cuts and falls while flying kites at the Uttarayan festival in the western state of Gujarat, police said.
The six victims, including two girls aged two and three, as well as a seven-year-old boy, died after kites wrapped around their necks and slit their throats.
Hundreds of people joined in the festivities over the weekend, with revelers flying kites from terraces and rooftops.
Six people, including three children, have died at a festival in India after their throats were ripped open by kite strings (file image)
But as the revelers flew their kites, some of the kite strings became entangled around the necks of six victims.
Kirti, a two-year-old girl, was riding a two-wheeler in the town of Bhavnagar with her father when a kite string wrapped around her neck and slit her throat. The boy was rushed to hospital but died on Sunday, an official said. NDTV.
In another horrifying incident, three-year-old Kismat was walking home with his mother in the city of Visnagar when a kite string slashed his throat.
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