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Ramechhap boy killed in lightning

Ramechhap boy killed in lightning

By THT Online

Lightning storm in Bangladesh in May, 2016. Photo: AFP

RAMECHHAP: An eight-year-old boy died in a lightning strike in Gothgaun village of Ramechhap district on Saturday. Police said Tek Bahadur Khatri, son of Bal Bahadur Khatri, of Khurpati, Gothgaun-5 died today. Struck by the thunderbolt while he was with his family members at their temporary shelter this afternoon, he had breathed last while being rushed to Manthali for treatment. A buffalo was injured in the strike.