Five persons were killed and one injured after being struck by lightning in India

News24xx.com - Five persons were killed and one injured after being struck by lightning in Jharkhand's Dumka and Giridih districts, officials said.

According to Dumka sub-divisional officer Maheshwar Mahato, lightning struck 30-year-old Somlal Besra and 20- year-old Rajiv Hansda when they were having snacks at a roadside eatery at Makrampur in Masalia police station area.

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Both of them died on the spot, Mahato said.

Shop owner Bablu Das (27) was admitted to a health center with burn injuries, he said.