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).
Sub-Inspector of Salur police station, AS Rao, said bodies were handed over to the relatives following the autopsy.
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