Lightning strike kills 5 in Kushtia
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Published: 08:50, 2 July 2017
Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Kushtia Correspondent: At least five people were killed and four other injured by a lightning strike in the district’s Mirpur upazila on Sunday noon.
The incident took place at a crop field of Moshatala under Chhatian union.
The deceased were identified as Mosarraf Hossain, 55, Abdus Sattar, 40, Shahin Ali, 42, Abul Kashem, 45 and Ashik Ali, 12.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Mirpur Thana Rafiqul Islam said a lightning struck them when they were working in the crop field. Five died on the spot in this connection.
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