The BBC reported on Sunday that 14 people, including 13 children and one adult, were killed in a lightning strike at a refugee camp in northern Uganda. 34 people were injured. According to local media, the victims were present at a church service.
On Saturday, lightning struck a refugee camp in the refugee settlement of Palabek in northern Uganda. 14 people were killed and 34 people were injured.
“The faithful gathered for the service when it started raining at 5:00 p.m. The lightning itself will strike in half an hour,” the statement said. the civil war that engulfed the country shortly after independence in 2011, they fled to Uganda.
Fatal events
Ugandan police spokesman Kituma Rusoke told the BBC that the dead adult was 21 years old. Rusoke did not provide the exact ages of the 13 children who died.
Fatal lightning strikes are common in eastern Africa. Schools and other public buildings, which in many cases are not equipped with electrical appliances, are most at risk.
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