Three including schoolgirl killed in lightning strikes

Two women and a schoolgirl were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Jhalakathi on Sunday morning.

The deceased were Helena Begum, 40, a resident of North Talgasia village in Kathalia upazila, Minara Begum, 35, of Shekherhat village, and Mahiya Akter Ishana, 11, of Silarisha village in Sadar upazila. Ishana was a student of Class VI at Memorial Secondary School.

The incidents occurred in Sadar, and Kathalia upazilas around 11 am.

The trio met their tragic end when they went to the fields to bring cows.

Mohammad Afruzul Haque Tutul, superintendent of the district police, confirmed the matter.

Atiqur Rahman/MSU