{"id":373889,"date":"2025-04-28T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373889"},"modified":"2025-04-27T18:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T16:58:16","slug":"lightning-kills-one-injures-two-in-zambezi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373889","title":{"rendered":"Lightning kills one, injures two in Zambezi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A ZAMBIAN national was killed instantly by a lightning strike in the Zambezi Region on Saturday afternoon. Two other people sustained serious injuries and were rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the police, the incident occurred in the Muyaruka village, Namushasha area of the Kongola Constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is alleged that the three victims were sitting under a tree in the mahangu field when small drops of rain started and the lightning struck.<br>The deceased was identified as Musipili Ktembo, a Zambian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter A ZAMBIAN national was killed instantly by a lightning strike in the Zambezi Region on Saturday afternoon. Two other people sustained serious injuries and were rushed to hospital. According to the police, the incident occurred in the Muyaruka village, Namushasha area of the Kongola Constituency. 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