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Lightning strike injures 39 at party in Germany

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AP Berlin
Last Updated : May 09 2013 | 9:35 PM IST
A lightning strike has injured 39 people, eight of them severely, at a Father's Day party in eastern Germany.
More than 500 people were attending today's event in a village near the city of Schwerin when lightning struck a group of trees and a nearby switch box on the village fairground around 1 p.M.
Police spokesman Joerg Bruhn said many visitors at the fairground suffered burns and were treated for shock. Two rescue helicopters were called to the village of Dabel as well as several ambulances.
On Father's Day in Germany, men traditionally go on day trips or simply get together to drink lots of beer, without their families.

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First Published: May 09 2013 | 9:35 PM IST

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