Lightning strikes one dead in Buliisa

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A thunderbolt has claimed the life of a 25-year-old man in Buliisa. The deceased has been identified as Francis Businge, a resident of Tangala village, Bubwe parish in Biiso sub-county. He was killed around 3am on Thursday.

Businge was sleeping inside his grass thatched house during a heavy downpour when the lightning bolt struck and killed him on the spot. Denis Oyewa, the Biiso sub-county LCIII chairperson says residents heard the deceased screaming for help after the lightning bolt and rushed to see what had happened only to find him lying dead.

Rogers Tibenda, a neighbor says they were shocked when they discovered Businge lying dead in his house after the lightning bolt strike. Police have handed over the deceased’s body to Biiso health center IV mortuary pending a postmortem.

In July this year, a thunderbolt claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy and critically injured five others in Buliisa.  The deceased was identified as Howard Okello, a son of Peter Okecha, the LC III Chairperson of Biiso town council. The incident happened at around 5:30 pm as the children were playing during a heavy downpour.

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