At least five people, including two teenage boys, were killed and nine others were injured in lightning strike in Tangail, Satkhira and Meherpur on Satureday.
In Tangail, two teenage boys were killed and two others were injured in lightning at Gopalpur upaizla. The deceased were identified as Md Alam Mia, 15, of Golpacha village and Md Shelim, 15, of Baliadanga village of the upazila, our correspondent reported.
Dr Hasib Ahsan, residential medical officer of Gopalpur Upazila Health Complex, said a team of youth were playing football in Golpacha Govt Primary School playground. Suddenly lightning struck them around 3pm, leaving four critically injured. Alam and Shelim succumbed on the way to hospital.
In Satkhira, a farmer was killed being struck by lightning at Umrapara village in Sadar upazila, UNB reports.
The deceased was identified as Abdus Sattar, 43, of the same village.
Officer-in-Charge of Sadar police station Inamul Hoque said a thunderbolt hit Sattar while he was harvesting paddy in field, leaving him dead on the spot.
In Meherpur, two people were killed and seven others injured by lightning in Sadar upazila, UNB reports.