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PABNA: Six people were killed and three others injured after lightning struck a makeshift shelter where they had taken refuge from rain in Pabna Sadar upazila.
The incident took place at Sonapati Beel in Gobindapur area of the upazila on Friday (October 29) afternoon, Malanchi Union Parishad Chairman Kabir Hossain Babu said.
He said several people had taken shelter in a makeshift house covered with polythene as rain and lightning started. Lightning struck the shelter, killing six people. All the victims were teenagers and young adults, the chairman added.
He said the six died on the spot, while the injured three were rescued and taken to hospital.
