12 killed in lightning strikes in India
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YEREVAN, MAY 17, ARMENPRESS. At least 12 people were killed and several others injured due to lightning in India, reported Xinhua.
There are deaths in a rural area of Malda district, about 327 km north of Kolkata, when residents were working in the fields.
In India, the number of people killed by lightning reaches about a thousand every year.