Lightning kills 7, hurts 3 in three districts
Lightning killed four people in Nilphamari, two in Satkhira and a teacher in Thakurgaon yesterday and the day before.
Two people were killed and three others injured in separate incidents of lightning in Dimla and Jaldhaka upazilas of Nilphamari yesterday morning.
The deceased were identified as Belal Hossain, 25, son of Ashraf Ali of Akashkuri village of Dimla upazila and Sabitri Bala, 55, wife of Churkutu Barman of Kherkati village of Jaldhaka upazila, reports UNB.
Locals said, a thunderbolt struck Sabitri in the morning when she was working at her kitchen, leaving her dead on the spot. Belal also died in the morning after being struck by lightning while working at a field amid rain.
Besides, Ayub Ali, 45, of Goyabari village, Lipi Begum, 24, wife of Shahidul Islam of Nichpara village and Habib, 4, son of Joymuddin of Satnai village in Dimla upazila were injured in separate lightning strikes.
On Saturday morning, lightning killed a couple at Paschimpara Ghughumari village in Jaldhaka upazila of the district.
The victims were identified as Ekabbar Hossain, 32, and his wife Meher Banu, 25.
Witnesses said when the couple was working in a field amid storm, a thunderbolt struck them at about 6:30am, leaving them dead on the spot.
In Satkhira, thunderbolt killed Aktar Hossain, 40, and his wife Kohinoor Begum, 35, when they were working in the compound of their house at Norarchak village under Parulia union in Debhata upazila on Saturday evening.
In Thakurgaon, headmaster of a girls' high school was killed by lightning at Pandithpara village in Sadar upazila on Saturday morning, reports our correspondent.
The deceased was Moinul Haque, 52, son of Momotazuddin of the village and headmaster of Farabari Girls' High School under the same upazila.
Locals and police said, a thunderbolt struck Moinul Haque around 7:00am at a cropfield at his village when he was grazing his cattle, leaving him dead on the spot.
Locals recovered him from the field after the hour-long thundershower.
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