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Two killed in lightning

Tuesday, 4 September 2007


GOPALGANJ, Sept 3 (UNB): Two people were killed and two others injured in lightning in separate incidents in Sadar Upazila Sunday.
Local people said rickshaw-van driver Shamim (20), died on the spot when a thunderbolt struck him at Shibpur village.
Two passengers of the rickshaw-van were also injured in the lightning.
In another incident Belal (30), a farmer of Char Gobra village was killed in lightning when he was working in a cropland.