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New Delhi (CNN)Sharp kite strings have killed three people in
India in a single day, according to police.
A 4-year-old boy had his throat slit while he was looking out of
a car's sunroof and a 22-year-old man received a lethal cut on
his neck while riding a motorbike on August 15, according to
Pushpendra Kumar, the deputy commissioner of the West Delhi
Police.
The same day, a 3-year-old girl looking out the sunroof was
strangled by a kite string which cut her neck, according to a
deputy commissioner of North West Delhi Police.
All three were killed by Manja, a type of kite string made with
glass.
Officials in Delhi are now moving to ban any sharp kite strings.
An Indian youth prepares "manja," a strong string coated with
powdered glass or other abrasives and used to fly kites, in
Allahabad on April 9, 2013.
"Chinese manja and other kite flying thread which is made of
glass, sharp material is dangerous," Manish Sisodia, Delhi's
deputy chief minister, said in a tweet. "Safety of our citizens
is non-negotiable."
Nikunja Sharma, the government liaison for the People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals, is supportive of the ban as manjas
can injure animals.
According to Sharma, a bird hospital in Old Delhi have treated
500 birds in the past few days because of the kite thread.
There's usually a spike around India's Independence day because
people like to fly kites in celebration.
An Indian volunteer holds a pigeon who sustained injuries from
"manja" (a strong string coated with powdered glass or other
abrasives used to fly kites) on Makar Sankranti in Mumbai on
January 14, 2013.
"They will ban it for sure," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/17/asia/india-kite- deaths/?iid=ob_lockedrail_longstory_pool
Put that pigeon on the ground and grind a heel on it. Nobody
gives a damn about pigeons.
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