PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Six students at Rattanak Mondul Secondary School in Battambang province were electrocuted and knocked unconscious on the afternoon of June 27 when three lightning strikes hit a tree growing in the schoolyard about 20m away from their classroom.
Rattanak Mondul district police chief Sorn Nil said the students injured by the lightning strikes were five girls and one boy all between the ages of 12 and 15. One of the girls, Lot Mina, 15, was seriously injured and is still being treated at Battambang Provincial Referral Hospital.
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