Lightning kills 16 inside Seventh Day Adventist Church
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lightning has struck a seventh day adventist church in rwanda killing no fewer than 16 people and injuring dozens more a local official said sunday1 fourteen victims were killed on the spot as lightning hit the church in the nyaruguru district in the southern province on saturday local mayor habitegeko francois told afp over the phone1 two others died later from their injuries he said1 he added that 140 people involved in the incident had been rushed to hospital and district health centres but that many had already been discharged1 doctors say that only three of them are in critical condition but they are getting better he said1 according to the mayor a similar accident took place on friday when lightning struck a group of 18 students killing one of them1