Pakistani kite festival kills a dozen people

by Victoria Revay | February 26, 2007 at 03:22 pm

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In what is supposed to be dubbed a family friendly festival--the Basant Kite Festival in Lahore, Pakistan--over a dozen people have died and hundreds have been injured during an annual kite festival. The kite flyers use strings made of wire or coated with glass to try cross and cut a rival's string. Also, celebratory shots that are fired into the air have injured people.

At least 11 people died and more than 100 people were injured at an annual spring festival in eastern Pakistan celebrated with the flying of thousands of colourful kites,
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at 15:45 on February 26th, 2007

Thanks, Victoria. It's insane what people will do to win...

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February 26, 2007 at 03:22 pm by Victoria Revay, 968 views, 1 comment

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