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Seven people were killed by lightning in Bogra, Jessore, Mymensingh, Manikganj and Chapainawabganj districts yesterday and the day before.

Our Bogra correspondent reported that two people were killed by lightning in Dhunat and Nandigram upazilas of the district yesterday.

The victims are Rafiqul Islam, 30, of Pakrihata village in Dhunat upazila, and Jamuli Roy, 28, wife of Nitai Roy of Hatkoroi village in Nandigram upazila,

In Jessore, Abdul Hamid Fakir, 50, and his son Huraira Fakir, 16, were struck by a thunderbolt at Gobindapur village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore yesterday afternoon. They died on the spot, reports our Benapole correspondent.

In Mymensingh, fish trader Sharif Uddin, 40, of Haidarpur village in Muktagachha upazila was killed by lightning while going to a local market around 10:00am.

Away in Manikganj, a thunderbolt hit farmer Abdul Halim, 45, of Barahir Char village in Sadar upazila around 12:00noon. He died instantly.

Our Chapainawabganj correspondent adds; a 15-year-old boy was killed by lightning at Chakpara village in Sadar upazila on Friday night.

A thunderbolt hit Mohammad Sakim, son of Mozammel Haque, while he was collecting fallen mangoes from an orchard adjacent to his house around 9:15pm. He died on the spot, said Omar Ali, chairman of Char Bagdanga Union Parishad.