Three children among six killed during Indian kite-flying festival

Victims reportedly bled to death when glass-coated kite strings were entangled around their necks

Six people, including three children, have died after their throats were slit by glass-coated kite strings during an annual kite-flying festival in India.

Hundreds flocked to terraces and rooftops to unfurl their kites towards the sky at the Uttarayan festival in the western Indian state of Gujarat over the weekend.