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Lightning strike kills 17 in Chapainawabganj

Districts 2021-08-04, 7:44pm

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Seventeen people, including five women were killed and six others injured in lightning t Telikharighat in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Wednesday.



Chapainawabganj, Aug 4 :  Seventeen people, including five women were killed and six others injured in a lightning strike at Telikharighat in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Wednesday.  

The deceased could not yet be identified.   

Shibganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Shakib Al Rabbi said the lightning struck a group of people when they had taken shelter under a shed during rains around 12 pm, killing 17 of them.   

They met the tragic end of their lives while heading towards Paka union to attend a wedding ceremony, reports UNB.