Five students at a secondary school in Zimbabwe, Chinatsa Secondary
School died while 34 were hospitalised after lightning struck the school
during assembly on Thursday afternoon.
According to teachers at the school, two students died on the spot while the other three died at Marondera Provincial Hospital where they had been referred to for treatment.
“We were having our usual Thursday afternoon assembly when disaster struck. No-one has any idea what really happened as all the students and teachers were fell to the ground,” a teacher at the school said.