Lightning strikes kill 4 in 3 dists

Four individuals were killed and five others harmed in lightning strikes in Naogaon, Chapainawabganj and Jessore areas on Friday, reports UNB.

In Naogaon, two specialists - Shahidul Islam, 48, child of Moslem Uddin, and Rasi Chowdhury, 30, child of Mahfuzul Haque, - endured wounds after a thunderbolt struck them at Kuchinda-Kamarpara town in Sapahar Upazila at night.

They were first taken to Sahapar Upazila Wellbeing Complex from where they alluded to Rajshahi Medicinal School Healing Center (RMCH) as their condition decayed, said officer accountable for Sapahar police headquarters Samsul Alam Shah.

The pair kicked the bucket while in transit to the RMCH, the OC included.

Plus, four individuals were harmed after they were hit by a lightning strike at Uchadanga town in the Upazila in the meantime.

In Chapainawabganj, Jenna Beam, 40, spouse of Senate Ali, kicked the bucket on the spot after a lightning strike hit her while gathering mango adjacent to her home at Trimohoni in Shibganj Upazila toward the evening, said Kamruzzaman, award individual from Mobarakpur union in the Upazila.

In Jessore, a thunderbolt hit a man, Wajir Rahman, 37, at Awalagati town in Keshobpur Upazila toward the evening while at the same time gathering mango from a tree, abandoning him dead on the spot, said local people.

His child Mint, 12, was likewise harmed in the strike, they included.