A 58-year-old woman, Baliba Bekime was struck by lightning and killed last Friday at Tatale in the Zabzugu/Tatale District of the Northern Region.
The deceased, a mother of three girls and two boys was struck by the lightning in her room at 7:30 pm but her daughter who was with her escaped unhurt.
The deceased returned from farm that evening and was waiting for her daughter to finish preparing soup for them to eat when the incident occurred.
In another development on the same Friday at about 8 pm, lightning hit one of the low electric tension poles, torching it off.
A landlord Amanga Sanga of Kuyuli whose house is opposite the pole had an electric shock while in his room during the downpour.
Source:
GNA
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