Lightning strike kills 3 in Jamalpur
At least three people were killed in a lightning strike in Islampur upazila of Jamalpur this afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Sundar Ali Sarder (65), his nephew Rafiq Sarder (14), and Mosharraf Hossain (25) of Kandarchar village, our Mymensingh correspondent reports quoting police.
"A thunderbolt struck the victims while they were working on a field in Kandarchar area around 4:30pm, leaving Sundar Ali and Rafiq dead on the spot and Moharraf critically injured," said Md Mazedur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Islampur Police Station, quoting locals.
"Mosharraf died on the way to Jamalpur General Hospital," added the OC.
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