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Planet Ark World Environment News - in partnership with Colonial First State Lightning Kills Nine at Bangladesh Quarry

Date: 17-Feb-06
Country: BANGLADESH

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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