KHAR, May 16: Two children were killed and another was injured when lightning struck a village in Bajaur agency on Tuesday. Two children, who were swimming in a stream, were killed and one injured when the lightning struck them.

The dead were identified as Saddam Hussain and Zaroon but the identity of the injured child could not be ascertained. In another incident, 40-year old Sher Khan was killed in Chargori, 10 kilometres away from Khar, when lightning hit the area.

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