A lightning strike in Tanzania killed four school children and their teacher on Monday as they sheltered in their classroom, a teacher said.
"Lightning struck at a classroom at Nyakasanda village and a teacher and four pupils died on the spot," said William Lituhi, local leader in the Kasulu district of eastern Tanzania's Kigoma region.
A total 17 other school-children were injured in the explosion.
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