Six people die, including three children, when their throats are cut at the KITE STRINGS festival

Six people, including three children, have died at a festival in India after kite strings cut their throats.

Nearly 200 people were also injured from cuts and falls while flying kites at the Uttarayan festival in the western state of Gujarat, police said.

The six victims, including two girls, ages two and three, and a boy, seven, died after the kites tangled around their necks and cut their throats.

Hundreds of people had taken part in the celebrations over the weekend and revelers were all flying kites from terraces and rooftops.

Six people, including three children, have died at a festival in India after kite strings cut their throats (file image)

But as the revelers flew their kites, some of the kite strings became tangled around the necks of six victims.

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