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LIGHTNING-DEATH-SUNAMGANJ
Lightning kills father, son in Sunamganj
SYLHET, July 13, 2019 (BSS) – A father and his son were killed in lightning
at Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district this morning.
The deceased were identified as Haridul, 47, and his son Tara Mia, 12,
resident of Maniktila village of Dokhin Shripur union of the upazila.
Officer-in-Charge of Tahirpur Thana Md Atikur Rahman said the thunderbolt
struck them at around 9 am in the area when they were catching fish in a
haor. Haridul and Tara were taken to Tahirpur Sadar Hospital, where the duty
doctors declared them dead.
BSS/CORR/PI/ARS/1750 hrs