MUTARE RURAL-National Police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi has confirmed to The Midweek Watch the death of a juvenile after being struck by lightning in Marange, Mutare.
“The ZRP reports a sad incident in which a male juvenile (11) died whilst the victim’s siblings aged 9, 13 and 15 were injured after being struck with lightning while hiding from the rain in a thatched kitchen hut on Thursday last week at Chitsuku Village, Marange in Mutare Rural. The kitchen hut was burnt to ashes. The injured are admitted at Victoria Chitepo Hospital,” said Nyathi.