Two children dead, three injured in lightning strike in MP's Sheopur

Two children were killed and three sustained injuries in a lightning strike amid rains in Madhya Pradeshs Sheopur district on Saturday, a police official said.The incident occurred in the evening in Dhamini village when five children in the 8-15 age group were grazing goats, said Vijaypur police station in charge Satish Dubey.They had taken shelter under a tree when lightning struck.

Two children were killed and three sustained injuries in a lightning strike amid rains in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district on Saturday, a police official said.

The incident occurred in the evening in Dhamini village when five children in the 8-15 age group were grazing goats, said Vijaypur police station in charge Satish Dubey.

''They had taken shelter under a tree when lightning struck. Two boys aged 12 and eight were killed, while three others, including two girls, sustained injuries. They are undergoing treatment at Vijaypur health centre,'' Dubey said.