Published on : Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Eight children in total, accompanied by two of their mothers, were under a mango tree at the back of his house, Mamadi Doumbouya, a local resident, said.
The storm began shortly before 7pm last Wednesday in the town of Siguiri, close to the border with Mali,
Lightning then struck the mango tree and when Doumbouya rushed out, all of the children were on the ground and unconscious, he said.
“I invited everyone to take shelter in my living room. The ladies rushed under my roof but the children stayed behind to make the last cups of tea,” he added.
Six of the children – five girls and a four-year-old boy – died while being taken to hospital, he added.
A doctor from Siguiri Hospital said the six dead children were brought there in the early evening and two others were placed under observation for the coming days.
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