Lightning kills 9 in five districts

Nine people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in five districts of the country on Sunday, October 5. Of them, three were killed in Cumilla, two in Jhenaidah, and two in Kurigram, while two deaths were reported in Narayanganj and Gaibandha respectively. In Cumilla, three people, including two women, were killed after being struc by thunderbolts in Bhabanipur Kheyaghat of Homna this afternoon. They were identified as Momtaz Begum, 35, and Jakiya, 25, daughters of late Haji Motiur Rahman, a resident of Nala Dakshin village, and Rashed Mia, 22, son of Rahinur Islam of Khode Daudpur village in the upazila, said Homna police station officer-in-charge Rafiqul Islam. In Jhenaidah, two individuals were killed in separate incidents of lightning...