Lightning strike kills 3 in Tangail on Eid day
A lightning strike. Photo: Collected
Three people including two school boys were killed in a lightning strike in Tangail's Kalihati upazila in the morning of Eid-ul-Fitr on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Md Ariful, 14, son of Rabiul Islam, Foisal Miah, 14, son of Julhas Barari and Rakib Miah, son-in-law of Razzak Miah, residents of Hatia village in Doshkia union of the upazila.
Abdul Malek Bhuiyan, local union parishad chairman, said that a streak of thunderbolt struck five people while they were taking bathe in New Dholeshwari river around 7am, leaving them injured.
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The three critically injured people were taken to Tangail General Hospital where doctors declared them dead.
The two other injured received primary treatment.
