Three people, including two siblings, were killed and one was injured in lightning in Bangladesh's Chapainawabganj district, 245 northwest of capital Dhaka, during heavy rainfall Saturday.
Local sources were quoted by private news agency UNB as saying the brothers were working in a paddy field when thunderbolt struck them at about 12:30 p.m. local time (06:30 GMT), killing them on the spot.
Meanwhile, a man was killed and a woman injured when lightning hit their house at the same time in the same district. Source: Xinhua
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