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A lightning strike killed three villagers and injured 18 others on Friday evening as they attended a funeral in the Lindi region in southern Tanzania, Xinhua reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abdallah Mputa, in charge of a health center in the Mtama area in the region, said the victims were hit by the lightning strike while they were attending a funeral of their fellow village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“They were attending the funeral of a fellow villager when a heavy downpour triggered the lightning strike,” said Mputa, adding that the lightning struck them at 4 p.m. local time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The injured persons were still receiving medical treatment at the health center, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A lightning strike killed three villagers and injured 18 others on Friday evening as they attended a funeral in the Lindi region in southern Tanzania, Xinhua reported on Sunday. Abdallah Mputa, in charge of a health center in the Mtama area in the region, said the victims were hit by the lightning strike while they …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":101313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n