Lightning
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Lightning killed a farmer in Meherpur, three people in Brahmanbaria, two in Bogra and one in Moulvibazar districts yesterday and the day before.

A farmer was killed and three others were injured in separate incidents of lighting at different villages in Gangni upazila of Meherpur district yesterday.

The deceased is Shamsuzzaman Bhadu, 45, of Kunjanagar village, reports our Kushtia correspondent.

Sources said lightning struck Bhadu while he was working at his cropland around 11:00am yesterday, leaving him dead on the spot.

Meanwhile, in another incident, a woman and two minor girls were injured at Chandpur village when thunderbolt struck them at their house yard.

In Brahmanbaria, thunderbolt killed three people, including a teenage girl in two upazilas of the district yesterday and the day before.

Sources said, Sajeda Begum, 15, was working at a field at Mayarampur village in Bancharampur upazila when a thunderbolt struck her, leaving her dead on the spot.

Meanwhile, Rakib Mia, 15, of Bhairab upazila in Kishoreganj district and Sahab Uddin, 22, of Krishnanagar village in Nabinagar upazila were struck by lighting when the duo along with their fellows were playing soccer at a nearby filed of the village, leaving them dead on the spot.

In Bogra, two people were killed and four others injured by lightning in Sherpur upazila in Bogra on Wednesday.

One of the deceased was identified as Tamanna Akhtar, 12, daughter of Kamal Hosain of Garidah union, but the name of the other deceased could not be ascertained immediately, reports our Bogra correspondent.

In Moulvibazar, a man was killed and four others were injured by lighting at Kawakandi village in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Wednesday, our Moulvibazar correspondent reported that.

The deceased is Jahed Mia, 35, son of Rahman Mia of the village.

Kabir Mia, one of the injured, said a thunderbolt struck Jahed along with few of them while they were fishing at a nearby water-body, leaving Jahed dead on the spot.