Boy killed, another in hospital after lightning strike


The fire team attending to the boy who was killed in the lightning strike incident in Papar.

KOTA KINABALU: A special needs boy was killed while his friend is in critical condition after they were struck by lightning when playing football in Sabah’s southwestern Papar district on Tuesday (April 25).

Paramedics had confirmed that Muhammad Zulqilfle Redzwan, 13, had died following the 3.55pm incident, while his friend, also aged 13, was reported to be in critical condition at the hospital.

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