Tragedy as glass-coated kite string cuts children’s throats in India

Three people, including two children, have died after their throats were slashed by glass-coated kite string used in competitions to bring down the kites of rivals, Indian police said.

A three-year-old girl travelling with her parents in a car had her head out of the sunroof when her throat was cut by a kite string, her uncle said.

The other victims were a four-year-old boy who was also looking out of the sunroof of a car, and a man who fell off a motorbike after his throat was cut by a string and it became tangled around his neck.