The victims identified as Gorette Musabyimana, 42, and her son, Augustin Shumbusho, 15, died on the spot while Richard Uwiringyimana, 10, was injured as the lightning hit the house they slept in around 10 pm on Saturday night. <\/p>\n
A neighbor told IGIHE that the lightning hit the house amid rain during the night in the area and the victims had already gone to sleep.<\/p>\n
\u201cLocal leaders and security officials have arrived at the family\u2019s house for burial procedures,\u201d said Eliezel Nyandwi, the Executive Secretary of Kitabi Sector. <\/p>\n
In October 2017, lightning killed one person and injured seven while working in tea plantation in Nyamagabe District.<\/p>\n
In the neighboring Nyaruguru District, in March last year, 16 people died and 140 hospitalized as lightning struck the church they were praying from.<\/p>\n
In two months, February and March in 2018, weather vagaries killed 21 people in the mountainous regions of Nyamagabe and Nyaruguru Districts. <\/p>\n
The Ministry of Local Governance in March last year said it planned to install lightning rods in places where crowds of people meet in regions where lightning strikes had hit hard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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