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DHAKA - Lightning killed nine people and injured 25 during a thunder storm in northeastern Bangladesh on Thursday, police said.
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The victims were labourers of a stone quarry near Sylhet, 350 km (220 miles) from Dhaka. Police said several bolts of lightning struck the quarry over a period of 15 minutes.
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