AT least eight people including two adolescents were killed and four others injured after being hit by lightning bolts during storms at different places in six districts on Tuesday.
In Tangail, three including two juveniles were killed and two others sustained injuries at Hatia under Kalihati Upazila as a streak of thunderbolt struck them while bathing in the New Dhaleshwari River around 9am.
The deceased were identified as Md Arif Mia, 15, and Mostafa Kamal, 21, of Hatia village, and Faisal Uddin, 16, of Dashkia Purbopara village under Dashkia Union.
The injured are Rakib Mia and Zahid Hossain.
Confirming the news, Dashkia Union Parishad Chairman Malek Bhuiyan said the injured were undergoing treatment at a hospital.
In Brahmanbaria, the deceased is Rony Mia, 22, of Durgapur area in the municipality. He was killed while offering prayers at the grave of his grandparents after Eid Jamaat in the morning.
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In Meherpur, a man named Abdur Razzak was killed and his brother Montu was injured as a thunderbolt struck them at Monohurpur village under Sadar Upazila in the morning. They were going to the local Eidgah to join the Eid congregation.
Meherpur General Hospital Residential Medical Officer Moklesur Rahman confirmed the matter.
In Habiganj, a lightning bolt struck Shahjahan Mia, 60, while he was bathing in a pond of Azmeriganj in the morning.
In Bagerhat, Mahir Uddin Sheikh, 65, was killed being hit by a lightning strike when he was returning home with firewood at Aga Madurpalta of Mongla in the morning. He was declared dead at the Upazila Health Complex.
The other person killed in a lightning strike is Shamsul Alam, 50, a salt farmer from Choufoldandi under Cox’s Bazar Sadar Upazila. Another person was injured in the incident that occurred around 4pm.
He lost consciousness in the incident and was declared dead at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital.
