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Six farmers were killed on Saturday evening after a shack they were sheltering themselves in was struck by a bolt of lightning
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ix farmers were killed on Saturday evening after a shack they were sheltering themselves in was struck by a bolt of lightning. They were seeking shelter from the rain in the shack located in the middle of paddy fields in Liberung hamlet, Selli village, Bengo district, Bone regency, South Sulawesi.
The six farmers were from two neighboring villages in Bengo district. The four farmers from Selli village have been identified as Baharuddin, 35; Kami, 25; Madiasseng, 43; and Masdar, 27, while the remaining two ' Appi, 25, and Ikhsan, 35 ' from Mattaropuli village.
Apart from the six farmers, three other farmers became unconscious after being struck by lightning and were taken to Lappariaja community health center, Bone. After receiving intensive medical treatment, they recovered and were allowed to go home.
Selli village head, Saharuddin, told The Jakarta Post that the six victims and four other farmers had been harvesting in the paddy fields when heavy rainfall and lightning began at around 4 p.m., local time, on Saturday. They then stopped harvesting and took shelter under a hut in the paddy fields.
'According to a farmer, a half hour after they took shelter in the hut, they heard loud thunder. They saw lightning go toward them and all of a sudden the six farmers fell to the ground,' said Saharuddin. They were buried in their kampungs on Sunday. (asw/ebf)
