Kite-flying event claims 13 livesFrom correspondents in Lahore
THIRTEEN people have been killed and more than 500 injured during an annual kite-flying festival in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.Seven people with severe head injuries died in the city's General Hospital alone, and about 220 people were admitted with a variety of injuries including broken bones, hospital officials said. The two-day festival of Basant, marking the start of spring, began with thousands of revellers perched on rooftops. Two teenagers were killed when they fell from a roof, and two more were killed when a car hit them while they were trying to catch a stray kite, police said. A man was killed by a stray bullet, while another was electrocuted when metal wire used to fly a kite became draped over live electric lines. Officials said more than 300 injured people were taken to four other hospitals in different parts of the city.
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