The incident happened during the downpours of Wednesday afternoon.
The lightning death toll reaches four in the Western Rwanda since heavy rainstorms started in the region a fortnight ago.
Anoncée Tuyisenge, the Executive Secretary of Kanama Sector, told IGIHE yesterday that the two students were on the way to their afternoon class when the lightning struck them.
In the Western Province, lightning struck Samuel Uwihanganye in Mutuntu Sector of Karongi District on Tuesday as he slept with wife and children. That same day in the district, it struck Edouard Nsabimana in Twumba Sector.
In Rutsiro District’s Musasa Sector, lightning killed a primary five student.
The number adds up to over 30 killed by lightning earlier in the year. They were mainly in the districts of Nyaruguru, Karongi, Ngoma and Rulindo.
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