A man (21) died instantly, while a woman (26) sustained severe burns in separate lightning strikes at Kanyikama village in the Mpungu constituency of the Kavango West region on Friday.
According to Kavango West police regional commander commissioner Julia Sakuwa-Neo on Saturday, the deceased man, identified as Kasera Muyongo, was in the company of his cousin who immediately ran home to report the incident to the family.
The incident happened at around 15h00, and the next of kin have been informed.
The woman, the commissioner said, was struck an hour later, while weeding in a maize field with her cousin in a different area of the same village.
“The woman sustained severe burns to her chest and both legs, and she was rushed to the Nankudu State Hospital, where she remains in stable condition,” Sakuwa-Neo said.
– Nampa
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