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Four persons were killed and three others injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district on Wednesday, police said.
The weather suddenly changed around noon and lightning struck at many places, an official said.
In Rupadih village, Sonal (21) and Tunnu (22) were killed while three others were seriously injured.
The other incident occurred at Shastri Nagar where Reena Gupta had gone to the roof to pick up clothes as it was about to rain. She was struck by lightning and died on the spot.
In Tabad village, Sanjeev (35) was killed when lightning struck him in a forest where he had gone to pick up wood.
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