Srinagar, Aug. 13 -- Srinagar- Two persons were killed and two others injured in a lightning strike in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Thursday as rain and thundershowers lashed several parts of Jammu and Kashmir, with the Meteorological Centre forecasting spells of heavy rain and intense showers across the region between August 16 and 19.

An official said that lightning struck a group of people in the Gawran Nard area of Anantnag, killing Faizan Ahmad, 18, son of Mohammad Yaqoob Chard, a resident of Gawran, and Bilal Ahmad Battana, 16, son of Nazir Ahmad, a resident of Redwani Gawran.

Sajad Ahmad Battana, 15, son of Sai Battana, and Shareef Ahmad Battana, son of Jumma, both residents of Redwani Gawran, were injured in the incident...