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by Staff Writers
Burundi (AFP) Nov 3, 2008 Three people were killed and 22 injured when lightning struck a church
in southwest Burundi, local authorities said Monday.
"Yesterday morning, heavy rain and lightning poured down on Burambi
town. A flash of lightning struck a Protestant church killing three
people," the governor of Bururi province, Beatrice Havuginoti, told AFP. Seven of the 22 people injured in Sunday's dramatic lightning flash were
seriously hurt. Dozens of homes were also destroyed as well as schools in Burambi and
the neighbouring village of Buyengero, Havuginoti added. Torrential rain since the start of the central African country's rainy
season in September had already claimed ten lives and destroyed hundreds
of properties.
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