Lightning strikes two dead

By MOHD FARHAAN SHAH

Seriously injured: Siti Nur Aina at the Sultanah Nora Ismail Hospital

BATU PAHAT: Two men waiting to pick up their children after school in Seri Medan here were killed by lightning as they took shelter in a hut during a thunderstorm.

A nine-year-old girl, who was also waiting for her father at the hut outside SK Permatang Rengas Parit Karjan, was seriously injured in the lightning strike at 12.45pm yesterday.

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