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Japanese engineer, 7 others killed in lightnings

From Our Correspondent
JAMALPUR. May 25: At least eight persons including one minor boy were killed and five others injured by lightning and nor'wester which hit different parts of the district during the last three weeks.
On May 12 an engineer from Japan. Takio Kushaka (45). was killed by a thunderbolt in Jamuna Fertilizer Factory at Tarakandi under Sar-Ishabari upazila. In this incident two others were also injured. All the persons were kiHed on the spot.
On May 14. one minor boy was killed and another person Injured by a thunderbolt at Brahmaputra river near Jamalpur town. On the same day one businessman was killed by thunderbolt in Laherikandah bazar
On May 17, Sherina Khatun, a student of class VI of village Gamurla in Jamalpur Sadar upazila was killed by thunderbolt. while she was returning home from field with a goat.
On May 15. Bachhu Barker (10) of village Nayapara and Mohammad All (43) of village Gamaria in Dewanganj upazila were killed by thunderbolt when they were returning home from railway station.
On May 15 a HSC candidate of Salampur Degree College, Abdul Motaleb was killed and two other persons sustained injuries in lightning strike
On May 17. one Sekandar All (30) was killed and his younger brother Injured at vil
lage Tedamari in Islampur upazila.
In another incident, one Dulal (22) was killed by light nlng in Jamuna Fertilizer Factory at Tarakandi under Sar ishabari upazila on May 9 last. He was killed on the spot.
Meanwhile, one persons was killed and 11 others were injured when a nor'wester a< companied by hailstorm lashed Jamalpur district on last Tues day night.
At least 500 dwellings collapsed and standing crops on about two thousand acres were damaged by the storm which hit three upazilas Including Sadar. Islampur and Sar-tshabari at a speed of about 50 MPH. Power supply in Ja maipur and other affected upazilas were disrupted as most of the electric poles were uprooted by the storm. Be sides, a large number of trees were uprooted in many plarcs.
The worst affected villages are Bagabad. Rashidpur. Board Bazar tn Sadar upazila. Gunina. Pakhtmari and station area In SanshaboH upazila. Char Ha tlza. Dandabad. Goalir Char. I*olabandha. Gaukura. Kazirpur and Chariapura in Islampur upazila.
Five educational Institutions were also damaged by the storm.