Kite string slits motorcyclist's throat

A kite string slit a motorcyclist’s throat in the latest of a series of tragedies that have prompted a kite-flying ban in eastern Pakistan, police said today.

Nauman Nazir, a 19-year-old student, was riding through a bazaar on Friday in the city of Rawalpindi near the capital, Islamabad, when he hit the kite string, said police spokesman Mohammed Khalid.