Lightning kills schoolboy

A schoolboy was killed by lightning at Atoshkhali village in Baufal upazila of the district yesterday morning. The deceased is Abdur Rahim, 13, a Class VI student of Atoshkhali High School in the area. Police and family sources said a thunderbolt struck Rahim when he went to a nearby field to bring their cattle during a rain. He died on the spot, said his father Abdur Razzak.

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