Nine killed by lightning in five districts

Severe nor’wester struck most parts of the country on Sunday
Lightning strikes during a severe nor’wester peppered the whole country on Sunday, leaving nine dead and several injured.
In the Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria, a rice farmer named Abdur Rahim, 50, was killed in the field at around 8am. Two labourers were also injured in the incident, and were later taken to a local hospital.
Three people were killed in three separate areas of Magura district in the afternoon. Rickshaw van driver Shamim Hossain, 40, was struck by lightning in the Sadar upazila while driving his van; Alam Miya, 35, was struck in the same region while he was on his way home; Mehedi Hossain, 25, was killed in the Shalikha upazila while working on a mobile network tower.
In Naogaon, a woman named Sonabhan, 22, was killed and three other men living in the same house were injured. The incident occurred in the Sapahar upazila at around 2pm, with the three others, including the woman’s husband being rescued and taken to the hospital by locals.
Sirajganj saw three deaths including those of a father and his son in the Kazipur and Kamarkhanda upazilas of the district. The three deceased are Shamsul Mandal, 55, his son Arman, 14, both from Kazipur, and Kader Hossain, 37, from Kamarkhanda. Locals said that the father and son were gathering nuts when they were incinerated by lightning. Meanwhile, Kader Hossain was working in a paddy field when he was struck.
In the municipality of Noakhali, a schoolboy died when he was electrocuted while playing in a field at around 11am. The deceased Iqbal Hossain Piyal, 13, was a student of Class VII at a local school.