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Lightning Strike Kills Six Children, Woman in Zimbabwe

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A woman and six family members were killed by a lightning strike in Zimbabwe as they sheltered in their thatched homestead, according to local media.

At least six children and a woman were killed by a bolt of lightning as the persistent rains witnessed in the past few days in Zimbabwe.

“A bolt of lightning suddenly struck the bedroom and kitchen huts” in Bikita district in the southeast of the country, AFP reports citing police spokesman Charity Charamba.

Lightning is a major killer in the country. Summer storm takes dozens of lives each year in Zimbabwe.

 

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