Two madrasa students were killed as lightning struck them in Mymensingh's Dhobaura upazila on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Labiba Akhtar,8, daughter of Juti Mia, and Murshida Akhter,12, daughter of Omed Ali of Joripara village of Ghoshgaon union of the upazila.
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According to police and local sources, a thunderbolt struck Labiba and Murshida while they were returning home from madrasha this afternoon.
They were rushed to Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared them dead on arrival.
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Md Insan Ali, sub-inspector (SI) of Dhobaura police station said that following the appeal of the family, permission has been given to bury the bodies.