Pabna, Oct. 30 -- Six people were killed and two others seriously injured in a lightning strike while fishing in a wetland in Pabna Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon.

The incident occurred around 5pm in the Sonapatil Beel area of Malanchi Union.

According to locals, the victims and the injured went fishing in the wetland in the afternoon. When rain suddenly began, they hurried to return home. As the rain intensified, all eight took shelter in a makeshift elevated hut in the wetland.

A lightning strike hit the hut, killing six people on the spot and seriously injuring the other two.

The injured were rescued and taken to a local hospital. The bodies of the six victims were being recovered and taken to the police station.

Their identiti...