A kite festival in the city of Gurajat, India, ended in tragedy.
At least
six people, including three children, died
after having their throats slashed with kite strings.
In addition, there were 176 injured due to cuts and falls while flying kites during the Uttarayan festival, police said Monday, Indian site
The Tribune
reports .
It is a tradition in India to fly kites, especially on the occasion of holidays.
The incidents were reported over the weekend when people came out in large numbers to fly kites on terraces and rooftops during the Uttarayan festival.
It is not the first time that this type of tragedy has occurred because there are not a few who
use sharp strings to fly kites, which end up getting entangled in the neck of the victims
and cutting them in such a way that they bled to death, authorities said.
A vendor displays kites on the streets of India.
(Photo by NOAH SEELAM / AFP)
Dangerous kite strings
are often coated with glass powder, or even lined with metal, making them razor sharp
.
They seek to slice other kites out of the air, but carry a potential hazard as they land among people.
Several victims bled to death after having their throats slashed with strings used by kite fliers,
The Post
reveals .
The Tribune
collects some tragic episodes that occurred 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 the city of Bhavnagar, and she died during treatment at a hospital on Sunday, a police station official said. from Bortalav.
In a separate incident, 3-year-old Kismat was walking home with his mother in the city of Visnagar on Saturday when a thread cut his neck.
The girl was rushed to a hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead, a Visnagar police officer said.
Illustrative photo of a kite festival in India.
Over the weekend there were six deaths from neck cuts caused by the sharp tails of kites.
(Photo by SAM PANTHAKY / AFP)
Another boy, Rishabh Verma, 7, was traveling with his parents on a two-wheeler after buying a kite when a string slashed his neck in Rakjot, an official at the Aji Dam police station said.
Similar accidents were reported in Vadodara, Kutch and Gandhinagar districts, which resulted in the deaths of Swamiji Yadav, 35, Narendra Vaghela, 20, and Ashwin Gadhvi, whose throats were slit while riding a bicycle.
Swamiji Yadav, 35, died after his throat was slashed with a thread while driving his two-wheeler on a bridge, while Narendra Vaghela, 20, died in a similar fashion in the district's Gandhidham town. Kutch, Ashwin Gadhvi in the city of Kalol.
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 while flying kites on Saturday and Sunday in those regions.
Illustrative photo of a dove cut by the tail of a kite in the festival of India.
EFE/EPA/HARISH TYAGI
Among the districts, Ahmedabad recorded the highest number of 59 cases of kite string injuries and 10 cases of falls, 108-EMS said in a statement.
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