Khagrachari, Nov. 10 -- Sixteen students and an assistant teacher of a primary school were injured after being panicked by the loud sound and flash of a lightning strike in Ramgarh upazila of Khagrachhari district on Monday afternoon.

The incident occurred around 4pm at the Lamkupara Government Primary School. At one point during class hours, lightning struck a tree adjacent to the fourth-grade classroom.

Headmistress Nilufa Yasmin said the loud bang panicked the entire school, with fourth-grade assistant teacher Shahana Afroz and 16 of her students being most affected as the flash and shockwave hit them. Locals helped transport the injured to the Upazila Health Complex.

Duty doctor Dr. Antu Barua reported that the victims suffered fro...