Lightning strikes from freak storms during the monsoon season have left 19 people dead in eight districts of Bangladesh.
At least 16 others were injured when lightning bolts slammed into the ground in Sirajganj, Magura, Naogaon, Rangamati, Noakhali, Sunamganj, Brahmanbaria, Gopalganj and Gazipur on Sunday.
In Sirajganj, five people were killed and four others injured by the outburst of lightning different areas of the district on Sunday.
Two died in Shahjadpur Upazila, two more in Kazipur Upazila and one in Kamarkhanda Upazila.
The dead have been identified as 'Nabil', 17, 'Polin', 15, Shamsul Mandal, 55, Mandal's 14-year-old son 'Arman' and Kader Hossain, 37.
Shamsul and his son were working in a peanut field on Sunday morning when the two were struck by lightning, said Kazpur UP Chairman Md Harun.
Comment: Elsewhere fatalities caused by lightning strikes were recently reported in Thailand, Vietnam (where 3 were killed), Bangladesh ( 4 dead), Ethiopia (2 killed by single bolt), Uganda, Ghana and Somalia.