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AT LEAST six spectators were killed during a kite-flying festival after their throats were slit by wayward strings.
Three children are among the dead after the day of celebration in Gurajat, India, turned sinister.
Crowds had gathered to watch the spectacle in the sky as the Uttarayan festival got underway this weekend.
A further 176 people also sustained injuries from cuts and falls while flying the kites.
