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Lightning kills four children

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HYDERABAD: Four sheep-rearing children, who took shelter under a tree, were killed when lightning struck at Burjugadda thanda of Shamshabad, 40 km from here on Wednesday evening.

Another girl sustained injuries in the incident but was out of danger, the Shamshabad police said.

Siblings V. Vinod (12) and V. Pavan (9), their friend Nanavath Raghunath (8) and his relative Tabavath Suresh (11), were in the open fields close to their houses when it started raining around 4.30 p.m.

The children rushed to a nearby tree abutting a huge rock for shelter.

Minutes later, the lightning struck leaving all the four dead on the spot and injuring another girl standing beside them.

Parents of all the victims were labourers.

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