Six Tanzanian schoolchildren killed in lightning strike
Wednesday October 17 2018
Lightning flashes during a storm. At least six pupils were killed and dozens injured after lightning struck a primary school in Tanzania on October 17, 2018. PHOTO | FILE | AFP
At least six children were killed and 25 injured Wednesday when lightning struck a primary school in northern Tanzania, a local government official said.
The lightning hit Emaco Vision Primary School, in the mountainous Geita region, during the morning.
"It was about 9am, six pupils were killed and 25 were injured," said regional education coordinator Yese Kanyuma.
Images circulating on Tanzanian social media showed parents crowding in front of a hospital near the school for news of their children.
In 2015, four schoolchildren and their teacher died in eastern Tanzania's Kigoma region when their classroom was struck by lightning.