Lightning strikes at football ground kill 4
PBC News: Lightning strikes killed four children in the suburban Nishchintapur area in Dinajpur district on Monday afternoon when they were plying football.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Local sources said, the children were playing football at a ground at Uposhahar block 8 Railghunti area around 3:30pm during heavy rain.
At that time, a thunderbolt hit them, leaving four dead on the spot and injured two.
The deceased were identified as Apan,12, Mim,12, Hasan,13, and Sajjad,14.
Injured Mominul Islam,13, and Atiq,15, are undergoing treatment at Dinajpur M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital.
All the dead and injured hail from Nishchintapur area.
Dinajpur Kotwali police OC Mozaffar Hossain confirmed the deaths.