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Bodies of Koreans flown out of country
By Palitha Ariyawansa
View(s): The bodies of two Koreans -Kion and Jungmung- who died when they were struck by lightning at Lipton’s Seat in Dambathenna, Haputale were flown back to their country.
 KIM-YOUNG-WOO |
 JUNG-MUN-JEONG |
This was the second recorded instance of foreigners being struck by lightning at this spot. In June 1945 the then British AGA for Badulla Thomas William Rogers died when he was struck by lightning. Rogers –a hunter– was reputed to have killed 1,400 elephants.
According to village folklore his being struck by lightning was a curse brought upon him for shooting the majestic animals
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