Lightning kills mother, daughter

Lightning kills mother, daughter

TEGAL, Central Java: An elderly woman and her daughter were
killed by lightning as they were preparing their morning meal
yesterday.

Antara quoted the police as saying that Tjasiah, 70, and her
27-year-old daughter, Djuharoh, residents of Danasari village,
were working in their bamboo-made kitchen when lightning struck.

Tjasiah's husband, Sujai, found the two dead with severe burns
to their bodies.

He said he rushed to the kitchen after hearing his wife and
daughter scream.

Witnesses said the lightning hit the TV antenna on the roof of
Sujai's house before striking the two women.

A doctor of a nearby community health center, Djoko Suyanto,
said the village was prone to lightning, which had struck seven
people last year. (amd)