印度發生多起風箏線割喉事件

Saanchi Goyal, 3, and Harry, 4, were looking out through the sunroof of their cars in different parts of Delhi when sharp strings slit their throats.

日前，在德里兩處地點，3歲的薩奇·戈亞爾和4歲的哈利在從自家的汽車天窗欣賞外面風景時，不幸被鋒利的風箏線割斷了喉嚨。

Zafar Khan, 22, died in the same manner when he was riding his motorbike.

22歲的扎法爾·汗在騎摩托車時，也以同樣的方式死亡。

Glass-coated strings are used to bring down competitors' kites, but they also end up injuring and killing people.

據悉，殺人的風箏線表面覆有一層玻璃，用於打落對手的風箏，但是同樣也會致人受傷、甚至死亡。

Many Indians fly kites to celebrate festivals and important occasions like the Independence Day, which is celebrated on 15 August.

許多印度人喜歡通過放風箏來慶祝節日以及重要場合。比如8月15日的印度獨立日。

But every year, there are reports of people dying or getting wounded from the kite strings - locally known as manja - treated with powdered glass or metal to sharpen them.

但每一年，都會有關於風箏線傷人或致死的報道。這種風箏線在印度當地被稱爲曼扎，印度人用玻璃粉或金屬來處理這些絲線，使得其非常鋒利。

Similar strings killed a five-year-old boy in 2015 in the northern town of Moradabad, and a five-year-old girl died in Jaipur in 2014.

2015年，在印度北方城鎮莫拉達巴德，類似的風箏線殺死了一名5歲大的男孩。2014年，齋浦爾的一個5歲小女孩也因此喪命。

These strings also kill and maim hundreds of Birds annually - at least 500 birds have been admitted to the Charity Birds Hospital in Delhi in the past three days alone, Indian media reports say. The hospital says it treats up to 8,000 birds every year.

據印度媒體報道，每年還會有數百隻鳥類因爲這種線而受傷或喪命--僅在過去三天，就有至少500只鳥被送進德里的慈善禽鳥醫院。該醫院表示，每年他們都要治療達8000多隻鳥。

The Delhi government has now banned the use of sharpened manja to fly kites and promised to run campaigns to educate people about the dangers of using such strings.

目前，德里市政府已經明令禁止使用這種鋒利的風箏線，並且承諾會開展專項行動，向人們宣傳此種線的安全隱患。

Authorities said the sale, production and storage of nylon, plastic or any other glass or metal-coated manja would be prohibited in the capital city and those who violated the ban would have to pay a penalty of 100,000 rupees ($1,495; 1,148 pound) and could be jailed for up to five years.

印度當局表示，省會中禁止銷售、生產、儲存尼龍、塑料和其他玻璃或金屬製成的風箏線，而違令者將被處以10萬盧比（約合1495美元，1148英鎊）的罰款，並且被判處長達5年的拘禁。