Lightning strike kills Rwandan churchgoers
Kigali: At least 16 people have been killed and 140 others injured when lightning struck a Seventh Day Adventist church in Rwanda's south, a provincial governor says.
Rose Mureshyankwano said 140 churchgoers were injured and rushed to a nearby hospital, where two are in serious condition.
Mureshyankwano said 17 of those injured are still in the hospital while the rest have been discharged.
Rwanda's hilly landscape makes it a site of frequent lightning strikes, including one that killed at least 16 people at a church on Saturday.
Photo: APLightning strikes are frequent across Rwanda, which has many hills and mountains, and the country's police record a number of human and livestock deaths.
The governor said a similar incident occurred on Friday when lightning struck a group of 18 students, killing one. Last October, lightning killed 18 people in different parts of the country.
AP
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