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Children among 25 injured by lightning during funeral
View(s):At least 25 people, including children, were admitted to hospital yesterday when lightning struck a funeral at the Beminiwatte Cemetary in Mawanella.
The incident had occurred around 5pm while the body of a woman was being buried. The lightning had first struck a coconut tree and travelled downwards into the crowd. The injured were admitted to the Mawanella Hospital but none was in serious condition,
police said.
In a separate incident in Batticaloa, two people died after lightning struck. One of them was in a paddy field.
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