Mahweet: Lighting strikes kill mother and her child, burn their house

MAHWEET, Aug 09 (YPA) – A woman and her child were killed and her house was burned down on Tuesday, as a result of lightning strikes in Mahweet province, local sources said.

According to the local sources, the victims were identified as Amna Tariq Al-Wali, 5 years old and her mother Juma Yahya Al-Wali, 30 years old.

The source pointed out that as a result of thunderstorms accompanied by strong winds, several villages in Al-Mahweet district were subjected to several lighting strikes, which led to the death of a child and her mother, the injury of 3 others, including a child, the death of a number of livestock, and the burning of a house in a similar incident in the village of Al-Ma’azab.

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