Lightnings kill 7, injure 10 in Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam Khan, chairman of Laohati Union Parishad, the bottom tier to the local government bodies in Bangladesh, said they heard peals of thunderbolt at about 2:00 pm local time.

"A group of people, who were harvesting Boro paddy (winter paddy)at a field during the time, were hit by the lightning and six of them died on the spot," he was quoted as saying by website of leading English newspaper The Daily Star, and adding that 10 others were also injured.

The injured were sent to different hospitals in the district.

In another incident of lightning, one villager of another village in the same sub-district died while he was harvesting Boro paddy in the field.

At least 21 people including two children were killed and 19 others injured in lightning strikes in six Bangladesh districts on last Monday. Kazinform cites China Daily. See www.chinadaily.com.cn for full version