Chris... Posted January 18 Share #1 Posted January 18 https://amp.lbc.co.uk/news/six-dead-throats-slit-kites-india/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted January 18 Share #2 Posted January 18 There was a foreign film where an assassin used kite string. I didn't read the article but I know they have informal street matches between kite flyers. They coat their strings with broken glass in order to cut the competition's strings. Wear rags to prevent cuts to their hands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted January 18 Share #3 Posted January 18 That is strange. I wonder if they use an especially light and strong string. The cord that I used as a kid probably wouldn't cut people that easily. Of course some of them were riding motor bikes when the hit the string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 18 Share #4 Posted January 18 1 hour ago, donkpow said: There was a foreign film where an assassin used kite string. I didn't read the article but I know they have informal street matches between kite flyers. They coat their strings with broken glass in order to cut the competition's strings. Wear rags to prevent cuts to their hands. I remember my dad saying the same. Kite duals we’re a think in Indonesia in the 1920’s & 30’s and they would coat their strings near the kite with glue & finely crushed glass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted January 18 Share #5 Posted January 18 30 minutes ago, ChrisL said: I remember my dad saying the same. Kite duals we’re a think in Indonesia in the 1920’s & 30’s and they would coat their strings near the kite with glue & finely crushed glass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted January 18 Share #6 Posted January 18 recommended reading: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77203.The_Kite_Runner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted January 18 Share #7 Posted January 18 When I was about 12 years old, my father bought me a much larger than normal kite and my friends and I took it to the nearby public park to fly it. The wind picked up a little at one point and I wasn't strong enough to stay in place holding it - it kept pulling me along. I remember someone yelling, "Don't grab it by the string" when a couple friends tried to help. Eventually we were able to get it to drop down during a lull in the wind and it got caught in an oak tree. We got two older brothers of friends to climb up and retrieve it for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted January 19 Share #8 Posted January 19 Beyond the deaths—- Emergency services said a total of 130 people sustained cuts and 46 were injured while falling from a height while flying kites on Saturday and Sunday, the Tribune India reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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