PHNOM PENH: Five people, including a four-year-old child, were killed instantly in a lightning strike in southwestern Cambodia, officials said, as the onset of the rainy season draws near.
The group was sheltering from a downpour in a mountainous area of Koh Kong province’s Thmar Baing district on Thursday, police chief for minor crimes Lay Meng Laing said, adding that three victims were from the same family.
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