Lightning kills several school children in Burundi

According to reports from Burundi’s national radio, several people, including 12 school going children and a teacher, were killed and some seriously injured, when lighting struck two provinces on Wednesday, 16 February. The affected provinces include the central region province of Karuzi, where most of the fatal cases were reported, and Bubanza province in the western region.
October last year, AFP reported that: “Three people were killed by lightning… as heavy rains pounded the hills of Murambi and Kiganda (southern Burundi), where at least 37 homes were destroyed”. A few days earlier, in the same month of October, a lightning incident caused the death of an Anglican priest and three of his church members during mass in southern Burundi.