Lightning kills farmer

SEMARANG: A farmer was killed and two others were injured when lightning struck while they were working their fields in Srondol village, Banyumas regency on Wednesday.

The fatality was identified as Suyatno, 42. The two people wounded -- Bagong, 60, and Saan, 58 -- were rushed to a nearby hospital.

"They were cultivating their fields when the lightning struck them," local police officer Capt. Mulyono said. (har/edt)