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Killer kite strings made with glue and glass shards - Brazil

submitted by Sector2 to WatchPeopleDie 4 monthsDec 26, 2023 02:23:57 ago (+15/-1)     (watchpeopledie.tv)

https://watchpeopledie.tv/h/aftermath/post/106512/man-had-his-face-cut-in

They're called cerol in Brazil, and used for kite battles. The string is run through glue, then crushed glass shards. The game is to cut the other kites string with yours.

However, it's often motorcycle and scooter riders that catch the string when the kite falls. Last one I saw took the head right off at the neck, still wearing the helmet. This guy is lucky to be alive, although not quite as lucky as he'd want.


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[ - ] dulcima 3 points 4 monthsDec 26, 2023 07:22:54 ago (+3/-0)

They have killer kites in India as well - seems to happen every year over there.

https://www.voanews.com/a/police-kite-fighting-string-responsible-for-india-festival-deaths/6931342.html

I seem to remember a video posted some while back showing people being slashed by kite strings. Pretty sure it was India.

Wonder why third world shitholes stay shitholes...

[ - ] Sector2 [op] 1 point 4 monthsDec 26, 2023 08:02:40 ago (+1/-0)

Seems a common practice in those places. I think The Kite Runner (book) from Afghanistan involved that practice too.

[ - ] MuricaPersonified 0 points 4 monthsDec 26, 2023 10:00:08 ago (+0/-0)

Look at it this way: At least they can. We can't even buy lawn darts, which are comparatively much safer.

[ - ] SirNiggsalot 2 points 4 monthsDec 26, 2023 07:25:54 ago (+2/-0)

That may need a couple stitches

[ - ] Sector2 [op] 0 points 4 monthsDec 26, 2023 08:08:03 ago (+0/-0)

They should avoid using glass-coated thread though.

[ - ] con77 1 point 4 monthsDec 26, 2023 17:35:28 ago (+1/-0)

That was a machete

[ - ] Sector2 [op] 0 points 4 monthsDec 26, 2023 17:44:49 ago (+0/-0)

Glass coated kite string acts like a wire saw when it catches you while you're moving.

BBC News - Children died after being cut by the kite...
5K+ reactions · 7 years ago
Children died after being cut by the kite strings as they looked out of the sunroof of their family cars. Another person was killed as he rode ...

I've seen one motorcyclists head lying on the road after catching one. Must have been pretty gruesome for the parents of those kids.

[ - ] bobdole9 1 point 4 monthsDec 26, 2023 10:04:41 ago (+1/-0)

Thought people got wise to that retardation after the Indian festival this year...

GET ENRICHED IN THIRD WORLD CULTURES AND IDEAS!

[ - ] GreenSaint 1 point 4 monthsDec 26, 2023 07:30:48 ago (+1/-0)

Wait. So I’m gonna not read any further. A kite string covered in glass shards almost decapitated some Brazilian on a motordykle. I’m not buyin it

[ - ] Sector2 [op] 4 points 4 monthsDec 26, 2023 07:57:45 ago (+4/-0)*

Six people die, including three children, when their throats are sliced by KITE STRINGS at Indian festival
Six people die in Gujarat, including three children aged two, three and seven
Nearly 200 people were injured while they were flying kites at Uttarayan festival
Victims died after the kites became entangled around their necks and slit throats

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11648099/Six-people-die-including-three-children-throats-sliced-KITE-STRINGS-festival.html

It's technically illegal to buy it in India, but they say it's not enforced much. It's pretty common in those places.

Hundreds defy Pakistan kite-flying ban
NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com › wbna11766288
Mar 10, 2006 — ... a traditional spring festival, despite a ban that followed the deaths of seven people killed by glass-coated or wire kite strings.

BBC News - Children died after being cut by the kite...
5K+ reactions · 7 years ago
Children died after being cut by the kite strings as they looked out of the sunroof of their family cars. Another person was killed as he rode ...

[ - ] fritz_maurentod 3 points 4 monthsDec 26, 2023 09:50:46 ago (+3/-0)

You were faster than me posting that link. The man is probably a pajeet and not a Brazilian.

[ - ] Crackinjokes 2 points 4 monthsDec 26, 2023 11:23:12 ago (+2/-0)

So you didn't look at the video of the guy's face literally cut through the bones?

[ - ] Lurkathon9000 0 points 4 monthsDec 26, 2023 15:48:49 ago (+0/-0)

It seems that way, but it's likely the string slid down across the bone and peeled the face off.