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)