Two New Yorkers are recovering from a run-in with a sharp object they couldn't even see until it was too late — a kite string. Jennifer Noble was entering the Marine Parkway Bridge on her bike over ...

GRUESOME: A sharpened kite wire, like those used for aerial sport in the film "The Kite Runner" (above), slashed the throat of Jared Kopeloff, 13, as he skateboarded on this Flushing street.

A man and a woman were cycling on the Marine Parkway Bridge in New York City on Sunday, June 1, when they were struck by a kite string The woman suffered injuries to her hands and head, but the man ...

An Indian kite-maker removing a reel of kite string to be used at his shop ahead of Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi. Getty Images NEW DELHI — Indian police say three people, including two ...

NEW DELHI (AP) - Indian police say three people, including two children, have died after their throats were slashed by a glass-coated kite string used in competitions to bring down the kites of rivals ...

LAHORE, Pakistan – The death of a 4-year-old boy whose throat was slit by a low-flying kite string coated with glass has prompted authorities to forbid kite-flying in eastern Pakistan. Shayan Ahmad ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police say three people, including two children, have died after their throats were slashed by glass-coated kite string used in competitions to bring down the kites of rivals.