Lightning kills four

Four persons including two children were killed after being struck by lightning in separate incidents in North Andhra region today.
The lightning claimed the lives of K Someswara Rao (9) and his brother K Praveen Kumar (5) when they were playing outside their house in Billaput area under Dumbriguda mandal in the Agency area of Visakhapatnam.
Sub-inspector of Dumbriguda police station B Ramakrishna said bodies would be sent for autopsy.
Two shepherds were killed in lightning strike in Jeegiram area under Saluru police station limits in Vizianagaram district early morning. They were identified as A China Sambayya (60) and M Siva (25).

The two were grazing the sheep in a field. The incident came to light after the sheep returned home without the owners.
Sub-Inspector of Salur police station, AS Rao, said bodies were handed over to the relatives following the autopsy.