Four people are confirmed dead after they were struck by lightning on Tuesday evening in Malongo Sub County Mayuge district.
The Mayuge district police commander Sam Ebila says the incident occurred at Bwondha landing site at about 5pm during a heavy down pour.
Ebila said the deceased were struck as they took shelter in one of the homes at the landing site.
He identified the deceased as Nulu Ajideen aged 10 years, Rihem Isabirye aged two,Godfrey Tenywa, who is 25 years and one only identified as Aba aged six years.
Ebila said the bodies of the deceased were taken to Bwondha Health Centre Two for post mortem.
In the last one year, lightning strikes have killed at least 70 people and injured hundreds in different parts of the country. In one incident in June last year, at least 18 children were killed and 40 others injured when lightning struck Runyanya primary school in Kiryandongo district.
