Dhaka, April 28 -- Lightning strikes have killed six people in the Cumilla, Netrokona and Sunamganj districts.

The victims in Cumilla include two farmers, who died in Muradnagar's Kurbanpur, and two students, killed in Barura's Haripur, according to police and witnesses.

Bangara Police Station chief Mahfuzur Rahman said farmers Nikhil Debnath and Jewel, identified by a single name, were working in a paddy field beside a graveyard at Kurbanpur on Monday when lightning struck them and killed them on the spot.

In Barura, several teenagers were flying kites in a field in front of the Karigari Girls High School, said Saiful Islam Biplob, a teacher at Barura's Payalgachha Bahumukhi High School.

A lightning bolt then struck Farhad Hossain an...