Four people, including a minor girl, died after being struck by lightning and 10 others, including children, were injured in Thakurgaon and Kurigram districts on Tuesday.
The deceased are Ariful Islam, 18, son of Dulal Uddin, Munir Islam, 27, son of Nazrul Islam, both of Laothuti village in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila, Ataur Rahman, 24, son of Mujibur Rahman, of Kalibari village under Baliadangi upazila of the same district, and Kazli Akter, 10, daughter of Abdul Quader of Char Alga under Ulipur upazila of Kurigram.
Some of the injured are Ruman, 8, Rana, 12, Sakibul, 11 and Faisal, 7.
Locals and police said that a lightning struck Ariful and Munir while bathing in a water body, leaving them dead on the spot in Laothuti village in the afternoon. Four more were injured in the incident.
Atatur faced the same fate while working in a field in Kalibari village of the Baliadangi upazila at noon. Five more people sustained injuries in the lightning. They were admitted to Baliadangi upazila health complex.
Thakurgaon deputy commissioner Ishrat Farzana confirmed the fatalities and said that assistance would be provided to the victims鈥� families from district administration.
The 10-year-old Kazli was killed after being struck by lightning when she, accompanied by her mother Nurina Begum, was going to a field to bring back cattle in the afternoon.
Her mother was also injured in the incident.
On Monday, the 50-year-old Jamal Uddin also died after being struck by lightning on his way home from a field with cattle.