Assam : 7 killed, 21 injured as lightning strikes boat
A top police official of the lower Assam district said a total of 28 people, including children and women of two villages Gogolmari and Santra, were traveling in a boat to Kandapara area.
The incident took place at Milanbazar area when lightning struck the boat.
"Seven persons, including three children, were killed in the incident, " the police official said.
The injured persons had rushed to Barpeta Medical college hospital.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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