5 killed by lightning in 2 dists
Five people were killed in lightning in Chakaria of Cox’s bazar and in Lama of Bandarban today.
In Cox’s Bazar, the lightning killed three people who were identified as Akbar Ali, 40, and Nurul Huda, 55, of Konarpara village and Ali Ahmed, 40, of Medha Kochchhopia village in the upazila, reports our Cox’s Bazar correspondent.
Four people were also injured in lightning that struck upon them around 12:30pm.
The victims took shelter under the shed of a tea stall during a heavy rainfall while the lightning struck on them, said the upazila Chairman Zafar Alam.
The injured were taken to Chakaria Upazila Health Complex.
In Bandarban, Jaheda Begum, 50, and her daughter Nasima, 15, of Pashakhali village of Lama upazila met the same fate while they were working in their home’s yard around 12:30pm, our Bandarban correspondent reports quoting Sirajul Islam, officer-in-charge of Lama Police Station.
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