Seven people were killed by lightning strikes in Cumilla and Kishoreganj districts on Monday.
In Cumilla, four people, including two schoolboys, were killed by lightning strikes in Barura and Muradnagar upazilas.
Witnesses said that Fahad Hossain, 13, son of Khokon Mia of village Poyalgaccha and Saimon Hossain, 13, son of Abdul Barek, were killed when a streak of thunderbolt struck them while flying kites in the afternoon in Barura upazila of the district.
Both of them were class VI students of Boroharipur High School.
In another incident, Nikhil Debnath, 64, and Jewel Bhuiyan, 30, son of Jashim Uddin Bhuiyan, were killed by lightning while working at their paddy fields at Korbanpur Purbapara in Muradnagar upazila of Cumilla district in the morning.
In Kishoregnj, three people were killed as lightning struck them in different places.
Witnesses said Fulesa Begum, 65, wife of Asrab Ali of Raniganj Kewarjor in Mithamoin upazila was killed by a thunderbolt while working outside her house at Shantiganj Haor at about 8:00am.
Besides, Indrajit Das, 36, son of Jatindra Das of village Halalpur, was killed when a thunderbolt struck him while working at a paddy field at Halalpur haor amid rain in the morning.
Meanwhile, Swadhin Mia, 14, son of Idris Mia of village Khayerpur in Astagram upazila was killed when a streak of thunderbolt struck him while cutting paddy at Khayerpur haor, said Ruhul Amin, officer-in-charge of Austagram Police Station.
