Lightning kills 4 family members
Alex Odongo, the owner of the home, was away delivering cassava cuttings to his mother-in-law in the neighbouring Ogur Sub County.
A family in Ayami Sub County, Lira District was distressed after a lightning strike during a downpour killed four family members.
The incident occurred around 6 pm on March 25, when a lightning bolt struck the grass-thatched hut they lived in and set it ablaze.
Tom Thomas Obur, the Ayami LC3 chairman, identified the dead as Jimmy Obong (32), Jenifer Acio (26), Brian Opok (5), and Brian Okum (14).
Alex Odongo, the home owner, was away delivering cassava cuttings to his mother-in-law in the neighbouring Ogur Sub County.
