Lightning strike in Zambezi claims two lives

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2025-04-29

KATIMA MULILO, 13 March 2025 - NamPol Spokesperson and Head of Community Policing in the Zambezi Region, Inspector Kisco Sitali. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

KATIMA MULILO, 29 APR (NAMPA) – A second fatality has been reported following the death of another person from a lightning strike in the Namushasha area of the Zambezi Region on Saturday.
The incident at Mayaruka village has resulted in the deaths of two people - Musipili Katembo, who died at the scene, and Edner Katenda, who succumbed to her injuries in the Katima Mulilo State Hospital later on the same day.
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