Tragic celebration in India: sharp kites killed six people, three of them children

A kite festival in the city of Gurajat, India ended in tragedy. At least six people, including three children, died after their throats were cut with kite strings. In addition, there were 176 injured as a result of cuts and falls while flying kites during the Uttarayan festival, police said on Monday, the Indian website reports. The Tribune.

It is a tradition in India to fly kites, especially on holidays. The incidents were reported over the weekend when people came out in large numbers to fly kites on the terraces and rooftops during the Uttarayan festival.

It is not the first time that tragedies of this type have occurred because they are not few they use sharp strings to fly the kites, which end up getting entangled around the necks of the victims and cutting them in such a way that they bled to death, authorities said.

The dangerous kite strings often they are covered with glass powder, or even coated with metal, which makes them razor sharp. They try to cut other kites in the air, but pose a potential danger when they land among people.

Several victims bled to death after their throats were slashed with strings used by kite pilots, reveals The mail.

The Tribune collects some tragic episodes that happened at the festival. A kite string cut the neck of two-year-old Kirti, who was traveling with her father on their two-wheeler in Bhavnagar town, and she died on Sunday while being treated in hospital, a Bortalav police station official said. .

In a separate incident, 3-year-old Kismat was walking home with his mother in the city of Visnagar on Saturday when a wire cut his neck. The girl was rushed to a hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead, a Visnagar police officer said.

Another boy, Rishabh Verma, 7, was traveling with his parents in a two-wheeler after buying a kite when a string cut his neck in Rakjot, an Aji Dam police station official said.

Similar incidents were reported in Vadodara, Kutch and Gandhinagar districts, resulting in the deaths of Swamiji Yadav, 35, Narendra Vaghela, 20, and Ashwin Gadhvi, whose throats were cut while riding his bicycle.

Swamiji Yadav, 35, died after having his throat cut with a wire while riding his two-wheeler over a bridge, while Narendra Vaghela, 20, died in a similar manner in Gandhidham town of Kutch district, Ashwin Gadhvi in Kalolo city. from Gandhinagar, they said.

According to information from local SEM officials, 130 people suffered lacerations and 46 were injured from falls from roofs and terraces during kite flying on Saturday and Sunday in those regions.

Among the districts, Ahmedabad recorded the highest number of 59 cases of injuries from kite strings and 10 cases of falls, 108-EMS said in a statement.