Lightning kills two children

Two children were killed today after lightning struck on them in a village under Mushari police station area in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, a police officer said.

The incident took place in Rohua village as two children, identified as Rohit and Sudhir, both aged about 12 years, were struck by lightning while they were playing inside the government middle school premises, Mushari police station in-charge Kanchan Bhaskar said.

The two died on the spot, he said adding, the bodies have been sent for post-mortem.