Lightning kills 5 in 3 districts
Sunday, 4 May 2014
Five people, including two teenage boys, were killed and nine others injured in lightning strike in Satkhira, Tangail and Meherpur districts on Saturday, reports UNB.
In Satkhira, a farmer was killed at Umrapara village in Sadar upazila at noon. The deceased was identified as Abdus Sattar, 43, son of Jabbar Dali of the village. In Tangail, two teenage boys were killed while two others injured in lightning strike in Gopalpur upazila in the afternoon. The deceased were identified as Alam Miah, 15, son of Abdul Majid of Goalpocha village and Mohammad Selim, 15, of Baliadanga village in the upazila. In Meherpur, two people were killed and seven others injured by lightning in Sadar upazila at noon.