Naogaon, Bangladesh (BBN)-Five people were killed and 30 injured as lightning struck in Mahadevpur upazila of Naogaon, a northern district of Bangladesh, Friday morning.
The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
The lightning struck the victims when they took shelter under a makeshift shed at a paddy field in Saraswatipur Dhanerhat area of the upazila during a heavy rainfall around 7:00am, local police said.
All the five died on the spot while local whisked off the injured to different hospitals.
BBN/ANS/AD-30May14-12:00pm (BST)