Breaking news: Lightning killed two in Karaganda region
16:32, 29 June 2011
KARAGANDA. June 29. KAZINFORM /Valentina Yelizarova/ A lightning strike has killed a 34-year-old male and a 11-year-old girl in Karaganda region. The regional department of internal affairs informs of it.
According to the information, the accidents happened in Osakarovsky and Bukharzhyrau municipalities on June 27.
"In Bukharzhyrau municipality during a thunderstorm a bolt of lightning stroke two girls, 11 and 6. From a lightning strike the 11-year-old girl died on the spot. The 6-year-old girl was hospitalized," the message reads.
According to the message, in Osakarovsky municipality lightning killed the 34-year-old shepherd.