Kites string kills three in India

Two children and a man have died in the Indian capital after their throats were slit by glass-covered strings called 'manjha' used for flying kites during Independence Day celebrations, police said yesterday. The tragedies prompted the Delhi government to issue an immediate ban on the production, sale and storage of the razor sharp strings. The children, aged four and six, died in separate incidents in New Delhi on Monday after they looked out of the sunroof of their cars. A 22-year-old man also died in the same way while he was riding his motorbike on a flyover in the capital, another officer said.