At least 10 people were killed and several others injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Brahmanbaria, Barisal, Feni and Habiganj districts during the rain Thursday. Brahmanbaria’s Nasirnagar police station Officer-in-Charge Abu Zafar said that lightning struck some fishermen as they were catching fish in Balikhola Haor of Bholakut union around 11pm. Among the injured, Monju Mian, 54, Shahid Mian, 32, and Janu Mian, 30, all hailing from Balikhola village, died on the spot. Also Read- Lightning strikes kill 16 in a dayBijoynagar police said one Abdul Hannan, 35, from Khatinga village in Paharpur, union died after he had been hit by lightning while removing rainwater from the rooftop of his house. In Habiganj, a housewife was struck by lightning while she was bringing goats back home from a nearby Haor in Madhabpur upazila.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 01, 2017 12:00 UTC