At least 19 spectators sustained injuries in a lightning strike when they were enjoying a football match at Jagir area of Manikganj on Friday/
The injured were identified as Abul Latif, 60, Ismail, 15, Alamgir, 55, Arif, 29, Wasim, 20, Azizul Hakim, 35, Mokles, 62, Razzak, 50, Shamim, 35, Fahim, 17, Jahidul, 40, Sajeeb, 20, Rajib, 20, Faruk, 30, Shibu Miah, 20, Biplob Hossain, 20, Rauiz Uddin, 18, Lutfur Rahman, , 35, and Badsha Miah, 50. All the victims were residents of Sadar, Saturia and Singair upazilas.
Of the injured, 18 people are undergoing treatment at Manikganj Sadar Hospital where the physical condition of Jahidul, Mokles and Razzak were stated to be critical.
Witnesses and victims said several hundred people from different areas of the district gathered to enjoy a football match at the field of Jagir Union Parishad in Jagir area nearby Dhaka-Aricha Highway in the afternoon.
The spectators sustained injuries when lightning struck them, triggering a huge panic, they said.
The injured were rushed to the Manikganj Sadar Hospital, where 18 of them were hospitalized, said Dr Shamima Akter of the emergency department.
Among the injured, three sustained severe burn injuries in the accident, she added.