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Lightning kills 3 men while digging grave

Lightning kills 3 men while digging grave

A lightning is pictured over Lahore City during a thunder storm that was followed with heavy rain on April 13, 2012. AFP PHOTO

Hanoi – Three men were killed by lightning while they were digging a grave in central Vietnam, state media reported on Wednesday.

The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon in Hung Trach District in Quang Binh province as five members of an extended family dug a grave for a recently deceased relative, police newspaper An Ninh Thu Do reported.

Two others were injured, the report said.

In a separate case, lightning also killed a 42-year-old woman in nearby Quang Nam province on Tuesday, the Tuoi Tre newspaper said.

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