AT LEAST 17 wedding guests were killed after being struck by lightning on their way to the nuptials.
Fourteen others - including the groom - were injured after the group was caught in a thunderstorm as they headed to the bride's house on a boat in the riverside town of Shibganj, Bangladesh.The bride was not with the party when the lightning struck on Wednesday, according to Sakib Al-Rabby, a local government official.
The guests had disembarked from the boat to take refuge during the storm when they were struck, as Bangladesh's annual monsoon season continues.
It hit the wedding-goers as the boat arrived at the bank of the Padma river in Shibganj town, police official Farid Hossain said.
Other locals have died in landslides and floods as the extreme weather grips the country.
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