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Another life cut short by kite twine

By Our Correspondent
March 18, 2018

LAHORE: A three-year-old girl was killed after her throat was slit by a kite twine near Yateem Khana Chowk.

A man, Waseem Abbas, along with his wife, two sons and a three-year-old daughter Mahrukh was en route to his house on a bike when a kite string slit the throat of Mahrukh near Yateem Khana Chowk.

The injured girl was rushed to hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Waseem and other family members also sustained injuries.

Police have registered a case of kite flying and murder against unidentified kite flyers. Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif took notice of the incident.

“Strict action should be taken against the violators and strict measures should be taken to implement the ban on kite flying across the province,” the chief minister ordered.