Boy, six, killed as throat cut by glass-coated KITE string in India

Boy, six, is killed after his throat is cut by a glass-coated KITE string as he rides on a scooter with his father in India

Six-year-old Daksh Giri had neck fatally cut by glass string of stranger’s kite
He was on his father’s scooter when they rode into the sharp coated kite rope
Despite being rushed to hospital he tragically died of his wounds
Indians traditionally celebrate independence from Britain with kite-flying

A boy was killed when his throat was slit by a glass-coated kite string as he rode on a motorbike with his father.

Daksh Giri, six, died after the scooter he was standing on collided with the plastic string covered in a thin layer of glass on Tuesday.

It got caught around Daksh’s neck, cutting his throat in a sudden fatal wound.

Indian children traditionally mark independence from Britain each year with kite-flying (file)

He was rushed to hospital in Bihar, eastern India but died of his injuries, The Guardian reported.

Indians traditionally fly kites to mark independence from Britain.

The 75th anniversary fell on Monday, prompting thousands to take to the streets.

Deaths involving the strings becoming wrapped around children’s necks are tragically common.

Glass-covered ropes are banned in India due to the threat they pose to people and birds (file)

Glass-covered ropes have been banned since 2016 due to the threat they pose to humans and animals – and their sale is illegal.

But in a densely populated nation of well over a billion, such rules are hard to enforce.

Schools have reportedly taken to hosting police officers who beg pupils not to play with glass-coated strings for their own safety.