Six dead, including baby, after throats slashed by kite strings

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[–]panel30 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Six people were horrifically sliced to death by glass-encrusted kite strings after a blood-drenched festival in India.

so normal kite strings don't do this right?

[–]LordoftheFlies 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not unless you garrote someone with one, no.

[–]IkeConn 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Those poor people.

[–]Dregan 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How stupid do u have to be to think flying razor sharp strings on a windy day is a good idea?

Killing kids, stopping flights from leaving and maiming wildlife all for kites. Assholes.

[–]In-the-clouds 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Officials in Pakistan banned the practice in 2007 following a string of deaths – with most of the victims being children.

The article claims people have died in previous years from the same thing. It seems like people would learn a lesson.

But it's a lot like fireworks. We hear about people being injured by them, and even killed, but every year, people continue to play with them.