{"id":60519,"date":"2018-03-12T06:19:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T06:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=60519"},"modified":"2018-03-12T06:19:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T06:19:48","slug":"lightning-strike-church-kills-16-injures-140-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/lightning-strike-church-kills-16-injures-140-rwanda.html","title":{"rendered":"Lightning strike at church kills 16, injures 140 in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Lightning strike at church kills 16, injures 140 in Rwanda<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">At least 16 people were killed in Rwanda and 140 others injured when lightning struck a Seventh Day Adventist church in the country\u2019s south, said a provincial governor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The churchgoers were injured and rushed to a nearby hospital, where two are in serious condition, said Rose Mureshyankwano. She said 17 of those injured are still in the hospital while the rest have been discharged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A similar incident occurred on Friday when lightning struck a group of 18 students, killing one. Last October, lightning killed 18 people in different parts of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Lightning strikes are frequent across Rwanda, which has many hills and mountains, and the country\u2019s police record a number of human and livestock deaths each year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Lightning killed 30 people, injured 61 and killed 48 livestock in 2016, the most recent year with full figures, according to Rwanda\u2019s Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/03\/11\/lightning-strike-at-church-kills-16-injures-140-in-rwanda\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/lightning-strike-church-kills-16-injures-140-rwanda.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lightning strike at church kills 16, injures 140 in Rwanda At least 16 people were killed in Rwanda and 140 others injured when lightning struck a Seventh Day Adventist church in the country\u2019s south, said a provincial governor. 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