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Monday, February 07, 2005
Kite-flying event claims 13 lives
Ummm, so maybe theThe Lahore Kite Festival just moved down a few spots on my wish list....

THIRTEEN people have been killed and more than 500 injured during an annual kite-flying festival in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.

Seven people with severe head injuries died in the city's General Hospital alone, and about 220 people were admitted with a variety of injuries including broken bones, hospital officials said.
. Who knew kite flying was such a dangerous sport??

posted by Broadsheet @ 7:46 AM  
1 Editorial Opinions:
  • At February 08, 2005, Blogger Maktaaq said…

    In that part of the world it might be.

    In Afghanistan, for example, where kite-flying was banned under the Taliban, guys put ground-up glass on kite strings so they can cut competitors' flags out of the sky.

    There are some other things associated with kite-flying in that region that is violent, though hell if I can remember any of them.

     
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